Archive for October, 2009

Traveling on a Shoestring? Consider staying at a hostel!

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Hostels have traditionally been a source of lodging while traveling especially for young adventurers in their teens and twenties. You may ask, what is hosteling?
Hosteling is basically like a dormitory in college where you share rooms or bunks with other people. In this case, other travelers. These have been around for a [...]

3 Fun Facts about China

Monday, October 5th, 2009

1) The Capital City, Beijing, was once called Peking.
This was due to the fact that the earlier translation was in Cantonese, and the recent one is in Mandarin.
2) Astronauts can see the outline of the Great Wall from space — yes, it’s that long.

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