Beijing Day 3: Forbidden City, Bei Hai Park, & Rickshaw through the Hutong
May 11th 2011 Wednesday we woke up and headed off to the Forbidden City! It was amazing how many tours were already there and it was still pretty early! We walked inside the gates and headed over to where we thought we were supposed to buy the tickets. Luckily a really sweet lady, who also turned out to be a tour guide, came up and pointed us in the direction of the ticket office. On the way to get our tickets
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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 
