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Blog: Last days in Beijing
Date: August 30th 2006

Sunday August 27th

Today was Great Wall Day. I had to wake up quite early to catch the bus at 7:20 which was supposed to pass by the hostel. I was down in the lobby by 7:10 and I met this french couple while buying food for the day (hey, Snickkers is a complete meal mmkay?) named Marianne and Pierre who were going on the same trip. They were leaving for France in a few days and had been ... read more







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