Call me jealous but

Stick around, you may just learn something.

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November 18th 2006
I wake up at 731 am, the bus is supposed to leave for the Panda Reserve at 730, fortunately their clocks are all slow. Six people on the bus plus a driver/tour guide. The pandas are cool, red pandas even more so, more Sweeds, a couple going to Australia, back to the hostel. Joel is awake, I switch to a dorm, Claire and Becky are here, packing up getting ready to check out, Markus also shares this ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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