Spring bamboo

Panda-monium!

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February 21st 2009
Day 4 I'm not going to sugar-coat it. Today was definitely the low point of our trip. When you have three travelers, all with different agendas, things are bound to come to a head at some time. Today was that time. We spent the day sorting out of flight info, not seeing Mao's tomb in Tienanmen Square, grabbing lunch in the food court at one of the fanciest malls in Beijing (oooh...,) an ... 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