Shanghai at night

It hasn't stopped raining!!

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November 22nd 2006
We arrived in Nanjing at 11.30am on Monday after a 37 hour journey and decided that we didn't want to stay there the night. Luckily we were able to get another train to Shanghai in 2 hours which gave us enough time to get a hot meal before a 3 hour journey. We finally made it to our hostel at about 5.30pm, at first we walked past it as there is scafolding outside (which in China is made from bambo ... 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