Hi everyone, Just wanted to let you know, I will be going away from Beijing for the National Week... starting this friday 28th September, 2006. I will be away for about 5 days, i'm thinking. I am going to the north east part of Beijing, a few hours away - Chengde, Tangshan & XingLong (shinglong) This website (if you want to check it out - is about one of the places i've decided to go to: apparently has had the deadliest earthquake 30 years ago - 240,000 people died... i thought why not, i wanna go there!! http://history1900s.about.com/od/horribledisasters/a/tangshan.htm?once=true& Scary I know, but oh well... worth checking out something even if its one day :P I will be available on email... look forward to hearing from you all, Love ya lots xxx Ali
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