We did it!

Beijing

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April 17th 2013
Well here we are again but this time in China! I really did not want to leave Japan as I enjoyed it so much over there however I was ready for my next challenge. And it was a big one... After getting up at 6am to make my 7am train to the airport I was pretty tired, sleep deprived from the snorers in my room! I was taking 2 flights, Tokyo to Shanghai and then Shanghai to Beijing, simple right ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

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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