Me on the Mountain

National Holiday

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October 8th 2006
Since this past week was the National Week in China there was no school for me! It was really nice. We wanted initially to go hiking for a few days in the mountains but due to illness and a few other factors our trip was cut short. We ended up going to the mountains for two days. Erin unfortunately couldn’t go with us. I went with my friend Joakim (The Swede), and his wife Jocelyn (one of 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