Gateway building into the square

Big Big Beijing

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September 1st 2007
After a good night sleep in our Mongolian hotel we were up early (again) to catch our train to China. Our journey was little over 24hrs on the train and after the state of our last train we were prepared for anything. Thankfuly when we borded we could see the cabin was clean and we found out we were sharing with an Irish lad who was with a similar travel group to us and a mongolian girl just trave ... 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