Great Wall

The Great wall... CHECK that off my bucket list!

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October 2nd 2012
Crazy to think that it has been a week since I left Canada! I already feel like so much has happened. So, 3 days after being in Beijing, my friend Carla came to visit. She is teaching English in a city in China, and this is her week off, so herself and 4 other English teachers came to Beijing with her. I went from being by myself to a group of 6 for the next week. Such a switch, because I was alre ... 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