China - Pt II After leaving Rilong, China, I enjoyed another all-day, hellish car ride back to Chengdu, through more badly earth quake damaged roads and towns. From Chendu, I flew down to Beijing where I spent the reminder of my time in China. Beijing, being one of the largest cities in the world in terms of population and size, seemed like an infinite city. For the whole time I was there, not once did I come close to leaving the never ending streets of buildings, traffic and people; I never really felt I could leave all of this without a major expedition out of the city. What Beijing does have to offer, unlike nearly every other city in China, is the fact there's still some old parts of the city left which have escaped being
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