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Forbidden City gate

An Afternoon with Mao and the Forbidden City

September 20th 2008
Weary of the hotel restaurant, we awoke on our first morning in Beijing and decided to try the little café at the end of our hutong which we passed by on our walk the previous night. The Alley Café is set in a traditional courtyard house- the inner section of the house is completely out of doors. Painted bright red with ... read more
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Leaving my familiar surroundings of Toronto, I spent five months living in Fukushima City, Japan. This blog details my adventures, in and around Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong...as well as subsequent travel adventures. May-September 2006: Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong March-April 2007: England October-November 2007: England, Egypt April 2008: Las Vegas September 2008: China March 2009: Cayman Islands Coming Soon! June 2009: Iceland Winter 2010: Cuba Visit Suite101.com for more of my articles about travel... full info
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