My first cab in China

Arrived in Beijing, safely!

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January 22nd 2011
The reality of going to China and leaving the Western world behind, set in when I arrived in Beijing, twelve hours after I left Seattle, where I had a delicious send-off with Aunt Sally. Arguably the largest airport I have ever seen with passenger terminals on both sides of the runway, the terminal seemed like a ghost-town, to the point where I thought they might not have customs. But after cleari ... 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