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Last Day or Touring

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September 14th 2006
It has been a while since I have written! I have been busy with my first week of classes but I wanted to post my my pictures from the last place I toured. The Temple of Heaven. Its a really beautiful place. You can pay and spend the day just wandering the garden which is peaceful and you pay a little more and see the temple and inside all the different buildings. There were no tour guides and the ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Temple of Heaven

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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