City Life

Chengdu-doo

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August 12th 2005
So here we Are coming close to the end of our stay here in the big city of Chengdu and I can't say that I will be sad to leave. We got here with the intention of staying as long as it would take to extend my visa. That was the problem. When I got my last extention In Guilin, just outside of Yangshuo they fucked up royaly. They gave me a whole 3 days extention instead of 30 days. A mistake t ... 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