Jay, Steph and Josh at the Summer Palace

Weekend in China

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May 18th 2007
5/18/07 Spent a long weekend in China...because we can. Arrived in Beijing Friday evening. Without a photo in hand, it was a little more difficult to find the hotel we were looking for (we found it in Lonely Planet - Fangyuan Hotel and although it was a great location, it was far from clean and we would not recommend it). After dumping our bags, we headed out to meet yet another one of Jay's ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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