Scribbles on our guesthouse wall

Into China!

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March 19th 2007
After Hong Kong our next place to see was Shanghai. We decided to take a 25 hour sleeper train and we both loved it. It gave us both time to relax for a whole day and take in the scenery. When we first arrived in Shanghai we were both confused how to get to a guesthouse we were looking for so we opted just to take a taxi. The hostel we were staying at was about a block west from the Bund, so it wa ... 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