great wall

Beijing on a Budget. Great Wall, Great Hangover.

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July 3rd 2012
Beijing Three of us caught the fast train on Thursday morning and 5 hours later we were in Beijing. The train travels around 120mph and is extremely smooth. In china trains are the most popular forms of long distance travel. For the average Chinese person flying is too expensive and the masses don’t have cars. The one handy thing about trains is most Chinese cities’ is the train stations are ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

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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