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Chengdu a do a do

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December 9th 2011
For sleeping on a couch we surprisingly slept pretty good. Tris laying with his feet toward me, and me laying with my feet toward him, we shared a blanket. We met up with Sonya (Henry’s girlfriend) for lunch and enjoyed a spicy soup concoction with rice. She went back to school while Henry took us to a Chinese pet store. There was every animal you could imagine. Sting rays, fish, guinea pigs, ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan

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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