Shanghai

April 14, Shanghai Our first full day.

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April 14th 2016
Today was a very long day. We arrived last night in Shanghai about 2 AM local time. Our flight was a little late getting in, plus we had nearly an hour drive from the airport. We are staying at a Marriott property on the south side of Shanghai a little outside of the downtown area. There is not much here to do but the hotel itself is beautiful. So we decided to turn is as wake up was, thankfully l ... 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