The Hall of Prayer for the Good Harvests

November 8th 2008
09.11.08 The sun has come back to shine over the city on our last day here. Time has come to pack our stuff again and get ready to leave. We decided to spend our last few hours in Beijing at the Temple of Heaven Park, just half an hour walking from the hostel. It is apparently the finest example of Ming architecture ever built. And it's truly amazing. Despite the fact that traditional Chinese ... 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

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michael sunderland and virginia barbisan

The great adventure of Rayburn and V

Hello everyone, welcome to this space. This is a place that we thought initially for all our relatives and friends, for them to share with us this great experience and follow us during this amazing journey. But we would also like it to be a place for other travelers, for everyone curious about people, cultures, places, traditions, knowledge. For everyone passionate about life. We're going to the other side of the world, but there's so much in between here and there that we couldn't think about missing it all. That's where our trip begins. We’re leaving London, where we spent the last two... full info

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