Outside The Forbidden City

Beijing, The Great Wall, and getting to Mongolia

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June 9th 2011
The train ride from Chengdu took 2 nights and a day and we arrived at Bejing West train station on time at 6am Monday morning. I spent alot of time catching up on sleep and the rest of the time reading. I couldn't see out the window from my bed but when I emerged to ground level to eat or something the scenery was nothing to get excited about. I actually managed to find a bus (thankyou Beij ... 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