Yungang grottoes, Datong, June 2009

Day 6 in Beijing

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June 29th 2009
We left Beijing for Datong quite early in the morning about 5:30 AM and arrived at the Yungang grottoes at 9:30 AM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yungang_Grottoes. We rent a car with driver across the street from the hotel. It was quite a surprise how we made it since I don't speak a single word of Chinese and the driver does not know English. With a map, a pencil, paper and body language we agree ... 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