Commoners invade the Forbidden City

Day 22 (1 August 2014) Forbidden City and Lama Temple

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August 1st 2014
Friday started painfully when I kicked a door with my bare toes and we watched my poor toe turning a beautiful shade of black! That'll teach me not to shift things with my feet but to bend down and pick things up! At 9am we were supposed to be collected but Richard and Cheng were a bit late. This was because there was a road traffic accident. We were amazed that this wasn't a regular occurrence ... read more

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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