Franco's...dad and Priscilla 015

Beijing ends

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October 28th 2010
Its 6.10pm, we are just back from another busy day. We will meet the rest at 8.30 for an over-night 13hour train journey to Shanghai, which will be interesting. Yesterday, (27th) we went to Tianamen Square followed by the Forbidden City. My God....Tianamen Square is nothing like we have ever seen before, its so big and mental busy. Very few Western looking tourists, all Asian. We walked thr ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Dongcheng

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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