Beijing - in the soup!
July 22nd 2010 The grey gloom we had seen on the train rather set the tone for Beijing- and indeed much of China! The mist, or was it smog, or perhaps smoggy-mist, kept everything a few degrees cooler but boy was it stubborn. For our whole stay it felt as though we were about an hour away from an enormous thunder storm. At first I thought that one good rain shower and the city would be fresh and clean again. Wel
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