zoo

Beijing Zoo

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September 19th 2007
Hello again, So today we went to the Beijing Zoo. They have quite an array of animals, pandas, rhinos, hippos, giraffes, zebras, elephants and gorillas, orangutangs. There were many many kinds of monkeys. And tiny monkeys that Duane had to pull Charlotte away from watching after awhile. After this we did quite a bit of walking (we are getting legs of steel). We came upon a Starbucks. It ... 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