Good bye China

Blog 15: ZaiJian ZhongGuo

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September 1st 2009
It is Tuesday September 1st and I have spent the afternoon ambling through the gardens of the Temple of Heaven. Sound heavenly? It was. And for the first time since I can remember, I smelt the smell of newly cut grass, and it made me happy, and it made me think of home. I have spent today (after arriving at 6am) walking around the 2 places I didn't get to visit before; namely the Lama Tem ... 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