Finally in the air!

The Long Goodbye

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April 29th 2017
We thought we had done it; independently travelling around China without any problems. We were so close and then Tigerair happened. Or rather, didn't. After sitting on the plane for two hours whilst engineers tried to sort out an issue the captain told us that we wouldn't be flying that night. The plane had a fuel leak that could not be fixed quickly. So at 1am a plane full of people had to dis ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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