Blood red sun and eaves of a building

China, Beijing( 1st and 2nd days)

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June 11th 2007
/Lelde/ Esam Kjina. Jau otro dienu. Ari te nu BAIGAIS karstums! Tikko paedam pusdienas, tagad nedaudz nogaidisim, kad lielumlielais karstums aiz muguras , iziresim ritenjus un pabraukasim pa perimetru. Brauciens ar vilcienu no Ulanbatoras lidz Pekinai bija ljoti omuligs - skats aiz loga, manuprat, fantastisks - nebeidzams tuksnesis... kas pa krasam un noskanju.......Musu kajiti okupeja ari tad ... 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