Cheesy tourist attractions

Ah the familiar sights and sounds of capitalism. We took a tour bus with our work to a part of the great wall. Some of it had old stairs, a massive dam and cool views. Other parts had bungee jumping, zip lines, bumper boats, ring tosses and cotton candy.

Familiar

October 9th 2013
It is funny how we are always looking for the familiar, something to relate to what we already know. Being here in China though we are surrounded by many differences, we are also enveloped by the familiar, the similar. These range from stores and brands (H&M, MacDonald's, the ubiquitous Coca Cola, Converse) to plants (black eyed susans in the rural fields, squash growing in our apartment compl ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Changping » Changping

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

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