Tiananmen Square

Joy in Beijing....but whatever happened to my tan?

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October 25th 2006
After arriving in Beijing without accommodation pre-arranged (sounding like a pattern to you?), I was lucky enough to find a hotel reservation desk at the Beijing train station and was checked into a relatively nice hotel room close to a major shopping area by 8 am! After wandering the local area all day, I went and met my Dad at the Beijing airport. He was able to join me for the final 2 week ... 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