Temple of Heaven

Zen and the art of Rickshaw Management

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August 25th 2007
Well, here I am in Beijing. This is more or less a test run for both my blog being live and my new memory card reader (thanks Griff) and my nifty photo resizer I downloaded before I left. I though, if it all goes to pot, I'll only lose a days worth of photos and that would be bearable. My first day in Beijing was about as eventful as it could be considering the heat and my jet laggedness. I ... 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