Judi getting off

April 26 - Arrival in Beijing

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April 26th 2015
Hooray - we finally arrived in Beijing after 40 hours on the train. Thankfully we chose very well with our times as sadly there was an earthquake that hit Nepal just hours after we left Lhasa. The earthquake was 7.8 and felt through Tibet, Bhutan, India and Bangladesh. I feel terrible for the suffering of the people in Nepal who already have very little. On arrival in Beijing we were met b ... read more

Asia » 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