Beijing in 4 days: The hunt for the Great Wall and the almighty Peking -Day 1
May 1st 2014 Our train to Beijing doesn’t leave until 6pm, so for once we can get up at a leisurely time and not have to rush around whilst still half asleep (resulting in the possibility of forgetting vital documents, or ending up travelling in the wrong direction- not like that's something that has ever happened to us before....). I’m really excited for the trip, but also really nervous about the 21 hour
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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 
