Hutong Tour - our driver

Lucy, our tour guide, rode behind us on a bike giving us information as we moved through the Hutong streets. Our driver did not speak English, but we soon learned to trust his driving - he was very experienced and took good care of us.

Day Three in Beijing

June 21st 2007
Hutong Tour; A pedicab (bicycle rickshaw) drive through old Chinatown So this is what Hollywood shows us. A rickshaw, tight weaving streets and Chinese people living their lives. We have driven nearly all around Ring 2 today and I can tell you that construction cranes dot the horizon in all directions and awsome large building after large building passes by. There doesn't seem to be an ... 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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