I have made it to Thailand, although I will only be here for an overnight stay. I don’t have any pictures to share because I essentially took all day to travel here. The flight is five and half hours from Beijing and it left in the early afternoon, so there wasn’t time before or after for sightseeing. Reflecting on my Chinese visit, I am glad to have seen the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. They were not high on my Bucket List, but they are places I have read about and wanted to see for myself. I liked the fact that I was able to navigate on my own, using the subway exclusively (and my own two feet). On balance, the things I liked outweighed the things I disliked (crowds, smog, constant security presence) and
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