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Beijing or Bust-Day 4

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March 14th 2011
Two hours of sleep later, I woke up and packed up all my stuff. Alicia and I checked out of the hotel but were allowed to leave our bags at the front desk until that evening when we would stop by on our way to the train station. Our train was to leave at 5:45 PM so we had all day to make our way out to the Great Wall. The plan was to take the subway up to the bus station we were TRYING to get ... 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