The Great Wall

From Dumplings to The Great Wall - China!!! Chop Sticks Please...

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October 27th 2006
Sitting here in Kathmandu, that's in Nepal for all of you geography flunkies, planning a trek that could last for a few weeks, I decided I can't go without getting the blog up to date. Wouldn't want to come back with hundreds of great pictures of the Himalayas and have to start uploading pictures from China. China is a great place, a place I feel I really short-changed and a place that I will r ... read more

Asia » China

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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