Beijing 110
April 12th 2008 Doug, Jim and I are flying from Beijing to Xi’an aboard Shanghai Airlines. It’s been a busy 3 days in Beijing…amazing how the time flies.
On Wednesday we visited the Summer Palace, a vast enclave that was built in the late 1700’s during the Ming Empire for the pleasure of the emperor. It covers about 3 sq km, and includes a large lake, an opera house, Buddhist temple, multiple reside
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