Ow ash n Jim at the Wall

Winter in Beijing

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February 4th 2009
Blogger Ash: Well Beijing is definitely different and I don't just mean the driving, that is just downright scary half the time! We've done a lot of resting and been very spoilt for the most part by Jim and Karen! We arrived on the night of the 27th. We got picked up be Jim, Karen and Ming (the 3rd 'child' of the fidler family - the dog) and had a long awaited sleep in!! 😊 We were taken t ... 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