Snack street

Onwards!

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May 26th 2012
Well figuratively at least. After I last left you, we still had a bit of time to spend in Beijing. After my last entry we attempted to locate some dinner in the Hutong near our hotel. We decided on a restaurant that had a helpful picture menu with English translations. We were both aghast when we opened it, as it was filled with all sorts of animals and their parts which we do normally not encount ... 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