Carved Dragons

At Forbidden City

September 2nd 2008
We're sad. We're right at the end of our eight days in Beijing. Part of us is a little disappointed, also, that we didn't have the time to get over to Tibet or some of the other areas of China. This, however, will probably make us eager to make another trip here sometime in the future. We'll have plenty of time to explore Japan by train over the next two weeks anyway, so we don't want to tir ... 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

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Aaron And Cosmina Nolan

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We're back in the United States and still shaking off the jet lag! We took a few months off from working to travel to many of the places in the world we've dreamed of visiting. It was an exhausting, exhilirating, exothermic whirlwind that still feels like an out-of-body experience to us. And we loved every minute of it (except perhaps the diarrhea). We appreciate everyone -- family, friends, curious blog-browsers, and even the internet pervs--who checked out our blog this past year. It was a labor of love, and we appreciated the comments, e-mails, and general "... full info

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