Taxi driver tea break

Day 12 Between Nanjing and Beijing

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August 27th 2008
Today we leave Nanjing and go on to the least leg of our journey: Beijing. I'm not sorry to leave Nanjing. For some almost indescribable reason, I haven't liked this city. Not liking a place I travel to doesn't happen to me much. I've been trying to disect my issues with Nanjing. It's crowded and loud; the opposite of relaxing. That's part of it. There are people every where, which brings my f ... 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