The sights

By now most of you have seen pictures from Beijing all over the TV, but it really is neat to have seen it all up close and personal. Much of it is a impressive as you have seen on TV!

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Yesterday

August 6th 2008
Yesterday was as busy as today, and we collapsed when we returned to our hotel around 11pm. I will have pictures to attach for today and yesterday when I return home! The Olympic Venues - Ken, one of our fellow teachers, is here now too. He arrived here on the 2nd and will stay until the 10th. He met us for lunch and then we took the subway to the Olympic area. The new Beijing subway system ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Olympic Park

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

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