Summer Palace

5-6 February, Beijing

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February 6th 2008
First whole day in Beijing. We arrived from London yesterday at 11.20 am fearing that we had missed our ride. Fortunately the taxi driver had decided to wait. When we picked up our luggage we were scrutinized by a police drug dog. It was the cutest little puppy imaginable led by two stone-faced policemen. Unfortunately our taxi driver didn't really understand english, so he took us to the wrong h ... 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