Diamond Princess

The Countdown has Started

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April 18th 2010
How exciting does it get when it is less than 10 days before Jeff and I begin this years vacation. We leave Sydney next Monday for Hong Kong overnight there then Fly to Beijing Jeff as always has organised great tours of Beijing, The Forbidden City and The Great Wall. Then another episode of this years vacation will begin THE DIAMOND PRINCESS 16 days to ALASKA ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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