Wangfujing Street

China- March 2019

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April 6th 2019
We visited China in March 2019, a long-awaited trip and the first trip without our boys. We arrived in Beijing on an overcast afternoon after traveling for over 20 hours to face the first challenge of the many challenges of the trip (almost all related to the language barrier), finding a taxi driver who will understand enough English to take us to our hotel. The Taxi stand was orderly, and we were ... read more

Asia » China

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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