forbidden city

Our first entry from China

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September 28th 2008
Well we've been here a week and a half now so we're finding it difficult to think back all those days ago... So we made it to Beijing no problemo. Bags and everything!! Very excited by movie choices on the plane :D Sex and the City the Movie!! Experienced our first Chinese taxi!!! A bit hair raising to say the least! but we made it to first hotel to go for small power nap which became 8 hours of s ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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