The Great Firewall
One of the many things I have learned doing my research for my trip is a lovely little thing called The Great Firewall of China . Now, an unsuspecting naive little lamb like myself, would have thought this was a nickname given to the Great Wall of China. This is not the case. Allow me to briefly explain. In my previous post I mentioned something about the "GREAT FIREWALL" and yes folks, its a real thing. Virtually anyways. You see, in China, there is no Facebook, Google (in fact everything that has to do with Google) Instagram Twitter SnapChat Netflix Youtube Picasa PornHub and about 3,000 other websites. Click this link if you want a detailed list of what is banned thanks to Wikipedia. Sooooooooo..... h aving a Virtual Private Network (also known as VPN) would safely help you get connected to those back home while and catch up on your latest Netflix binge. ...