beijing day 2 003

Beijing Day 2 - Great Wall & Birds Nest

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September 16th 2009
Dear All Please forgive me guys, Anne was suppose to write this one tonight but she is currently unavailable (sleeping). This travelblog stuff is my new favourite internet activity, my old favourite is out the window now we are in such close proximity to one another (ha ha, only joking)!! Today we got up and away early and took a taxi to the Jinshanling section of the Great Wall. Taxi took ... 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