The Toilet/Shower

Yangtze River

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October 15th 2006
Once we had found our ship, (No easy task) we were directed to our cabin. The cabin was a four berth and grand. This was our first encounter with the toliet/shower and we decided fairly quickly we would forgo showers for a few days. We had the cabin to ourselves the first night apart from a busy little mouse. Unfortunately the weather was against us and thick fog settled from the second we got on ... 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