The Great Wall and Us

Beijing what a city

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April 6th 2008
Hi Everyone, Greetings for Beijing. We arrived in Beijing on the 3rd of April, the day before a public holiday and everyone was out on the road. The bus in from the airport took us hour and a half!!! We wandered around Beijing for about half an hour looking for the hotel, Grand Hyatt Beijing. Stephen finally let me get a taxi to the airport and we were just around the corner!!! Very Frustra ... read more

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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