Wooden scrolls

First steps

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August 20th 2007
Ok, it's time to start a more chronological account of the China travel and I start with our first stop, Beijing. First steps there were like arriving to a different world. Never ending unstructured line to the immigration, people jumping all over us at the exit of the airport, and the taxi scam, all was there for our entertainment. I guess we had to go through all this so that we could get better ... 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