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Cruise - Day 1

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March 17th 2011
This morning after breakfast, we decided to take a walk to the Bund Riverside area. It was a lovely spring day; the sun was shining, so it wasn't as cold as it has been for the past couple of days. Walking the streets of Shanghai is quite an experience, as there seems to be very little regard for the road rules and pedestrians are on the lower end of the pecking order. You learn quite quickly t ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more