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China - Day 2 Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square

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March 24th 2011
Day two in beijing started early, we could not get any sleep the night before either, the beds just have no give in them theres no boing its just a solid thud of a matress. Anyway sleep is sleep! We met in hotel lobby with the group and started our walk to the forbidden city through back streets and alleys, main roads and cycle paths it was certainly an experience, surprised nobody got hit by one ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Forbidden City

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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