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  1. Asia Memories 1: Confusion on the Beijing Express

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 9 March 2012

    Last month I asked readers to enter a competition for a copy of Lonely Planet's Vietnam guidebook, to celebrate my accumulation of over 1000 followers on my Twitter feed

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  2. Weekend Escape to Pingyao

    Blog: To China... and Beyond! - 31 May 2011

    Following up on the success of last semester’s trip to Chengde, this month my language program whisked us off to Pingyao for a quick early-summer cultural excursion. Pingyao is perhaps the most famous of China’s “ancient cities,” and it is known in particular for having a remarkably well-preserved set of city walls.

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  3. progress hungers: yungang grottoes and datong

    Blog: The Road Forks - 7 October 2010

    progress hungers October 7, 2010 yungang grottoes and datong

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  4. Xian: Melting in the middle of China

    Blog: 12FOOT3 - 15 September 2009

    I can still remember the first time I heard of the Army of Terra Cotta Warriors: it was in one of my Dad’s 1980’s-era issue of National Geographic. The image of all those soldiers, each one with his own unique facial hair, clothing, and even shoe tread, stayed with me through the years, so I [...]

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