Ornate architecture

Day 11 - July 11

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July 12th 2009
Since we got in so late on Friday night, we were fortunate to have a late start on Saturday morning. We were back at the same hotel in Beijing, the Jinguo Garden Hotel, and which meant we had the same food for breakfast: an array of Chinese and American cuisine. As we get ready to return to the US and because Chinese 3x a day is getting a little old I opted for croissants and fruit rather than fri ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Temple of Heaven

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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