Elephants, horses, camels...

Equally as rare as these protectors of the Ming tomb was the opportunity to see them sans crowds of admiring onlookers...apart from us that is :-)

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Xin Nian Kuai Le

January 3rd 2009
Or, in other words, happy new year! As you read this, Carly and Craig are safely enscounced back in their Georgetown home in Washington, D. C. and Roel and I are hunkering down for a spell of reality (i.e. back to work) before we take off again for two weeks for Chinese New Years holiday. Carly and Craig's flight home was much smoother than their extra long trip to Shanghai...and before they ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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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