Temple (Shanghai)

The honeymoon is over...

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March 25th 2014
Most people who share a deep lust for travel tend to be extraordinarily optimistic, especially when it involves an adventure. As wanderers we're open-minded; seekers of the unknown whose thirst for the new and unfamiliar is nearly unquenchable! I admire this optimism. Once a few years ago on an island off Panama's Caribbean coast, my friend and I were caught in a torrential downpour. I was sopp ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai » Xuhui

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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