simatai great wall nearlly the end

BEIJING 06/06/10 - 10/06/10

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June 13th 2010
Well we survived Beijing but I can't say we liked it much. It was hot, smoggy and polluted (we never saw the sun) crowded, people spitting everywhere, and trying to sell you stuff. It was clean with no tag though! For the whole 5 days we had our own personal tour guide, driver and car. We stayed in a 4 star hotel, were picked up and dropped off at the airport, had 3 meals a day, all enteries into ... 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