No he's in a zoo

Beijing

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June 10th 2010
We flew with china air to beijing from Bangkok and arrived at 6.30am bleary eyed. Straight away we were quoted 490 Yuan for a taxi to our digs, luckly I had heard through a guide book it was about 100 Y, so unlucky that taxi driver. We stayed for 4 days and 3 nights at a small hostel near the Forbidden City called "Sitting on the Walls" Its whats called a Hutong which is an ancient type of home f ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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