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Yuan Ming Yuan - Garden of Perfect Brightness

May 27th 2007
During the first - and only - free day in China during this business trip, I decided to pay a visit to the Old Summer Palace (or Yuan Ming Yuan - Garden of Perfect Brightness). This complex of ruins and lush park is all that is left from the “Garden of gardens” built by six generations of the most prosperous Qing Dynasty emperors from the 17th Century through the 19th Century A.C. It came to ... read more

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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

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Hello! Welcome to my travelblogs! More than anything, these blogs are a means for capturing my thoughts and experiences as I wander the World. Though they are now useful for sharing these experiences with friends and family, I hope that they will also help me relive the experiences someday when my memories become dulled by time. I have been fortunate enough during my lifetime to have straddled the developing and developed areas of the planet. During my childhood in my native El Salvador, I was amused but extremely curious about these strange visitors that a... full info

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