Temple Entrance

Day Two

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April 24th 2007
Today is a really nice day, nice and hot, i took too long getting ready and the group leader ended up ringing the phone in my room! ooops! We headed off to the Temple of Heaven at 7:30AM, when we got there, i realised i'd left my camera in my Hotel room! Everything was such a rush to get out of the Hotel i left it on the chair! I remember picking it up and thinking "This is the most important thi ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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