Solitude in a City of Millions
April 1st 2009 Day 7
With two days left in China, I was in no mood to waste time. Even more determined to see Mao's mausuleum, I woke up early on Saturday morning to avoid the crowds. Today was the first time I was going to venture out in Beijing completely alone...I contemplated this over breakfast and my enthusiasm didn't diminish. I took a taxi to Tienanmen Sq., walked through the security checkpoint for
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