Aquarium

Beijing Last Day

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May 20th 2011
Today was our last day in China and the end of our honeymoon. We spent the day at the zoo. We took the metro from our hotel to the zoo. There was just a mass of people outside of the ticket windows and we had to push and shove to make our way to the front to get tickets. We also opted to buy the tickets to see the pandas and visit the aquarium which is located in the zoo but a much higher admissio ... 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