Trying out a traditional instrument

Who needs Peking Duck when there is Urumqui food

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September 19th 2013
<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thursday- Day Thirteen Arrival in Tianjin China, welcome back to the smog, and China's version of organization. La Scala, on the ship deck 3, at 8-10am was our scheduled muster point for disembarkation and we started to leave around 9-15am and made it through customs by 10am. No one wants to see any of your luggage, no one ... 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