Peking International Youth Hostel and Nanluogu Xiang

We stayed in one of Beijing's famous hutongs, a residential area filled with shops and restaurants. It was becoming somewhat gentrified but at least it had been preserved in some form, as many of the historic hutongs have been demolished in the last few decades.

Beijing

October 18th 2013
Beijing was the perfect city to begin our trip. It was, in many ways, the China I came to see: dense history, fantastic sights, good food, wonderful temples, interesting architecture. After a day exploring Beijing you're never left with with any doubt that you've been anywhere but ensconced within the Middle Kingdom, unlike certain other Chinese cities which can lure your imagination away ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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