The Wall

China Tour 2011: East Coast (Continued 1)

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February 16th 2011
Day 3: Beijing 1/22/2011 Keli and I got up around 6:30 this morning.. we made it to the hostel by 7:40. Pretty impressive... but we were supposed to be there at 7:30. No one was even there at the desk. Ridiculous. So we sat in the leaky common area and played with the cat there. FINALLY a worker came in her slippers and said that the driver would be there soon. We bought 2 ... 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