Forbidden City

Day 23 - Beijing

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November 4th 2009
Today we started the day at the markets. Our primary goal was to buy jackets. Pepsi bought 2 jackets and I bought 1. The starting price on my jacket was 650 and I eventually got it for 150 (quite cheap as the quality was good). Our next stop was Summer Palace which was amazing. I could not believe the size of the complex (290 acres). We had a busy schedule so I made Pepsi powerwalk. I wanted to ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Chaoyang district

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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