Summer Palace

Summer Palace and the Great Wall of China

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October 4th 2008
The last two days here in China has been very exciting with one day venturing out to the Summer Palace and yesturday was our Great Wall day trip. To get to the Summer Palace we decided to take the city bus. Which the girls working at the hostel said it was easy. Ya, it's easy when you can read which stop you are suppose to get off. Getting there was slightly confusing but being only lost once in B ... 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