Forbidden Palace - tour group hangout

Day 293 - Censored guide

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April 21st 2007
Today is one of two days with our guide/translator Melinda. Today we hit the main sights, Tiananmen Square - which is just gargantuan and the biggest city square in the world - then into the Forbidden City situated at one end of the square which we did not get to see much of as A) most of the buildings were behind scaffolding and gauze for restoration and B) those that we could look at were swarm ... 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