The Great Wall
April 30th 2015 We caught a high-speed bullet train from Xian to Beijing. The approximately 4 ½ hour ride was very smooth and comfortable and the train reached speeds of 307 km/hr. Between cities much of the land was cultivated but all in very small plots. Sadly, the pollution got worse as we drew closer to Beijing.
At a Beijing Cloisonne factory we saw just how much work it is to shape copper wire into leaves
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