The Great Wall

Beijing & The Great Wall

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April 24th 2008
Beijing. Home to roughly 18 million people, host for the 2008 Olympics and one of the most cultural, yet polluted cities in the world. We stayed in probably the most popular hostel in Beijing - Leo's - which is right next to Tiananmen Square, which we paid a quick visit to on the first afternoon. Leaving the Forbidden City and other sights nearby for a while, we decided to test our legs on th ... 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