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China part 3

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January 8th 2010
We landed in Beijing in freezing weather after a plane flight that literally sucked the moisture from my body. I don't know how they got it to be so dry on the plane but me and Adam joked it was some experiment by the Chinese government to see how fast it would take to completely dehydrate a person. After getting a bottle or water we caught a cab in an attempt to make it to our hostel. What we ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

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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