Being the exhibit at the Beijing Zoo and the overnight train outta there
July 16th 2009 Our second and final day in BJ, the kids and I went to the Beijing Zoo and Aquarium (fine but really hot). Matt did his own thing and went to the Forbidden City. The weather was much warmer and we spent a lot of our time ducking in and out of air conditioning. We saw a few animals but we were often the most popular exhibit. People were a bit more aggressive in Beijing as far as taking photos witho
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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 
