In the Hutong

Our parade of rickshaws!

September 7th 2005
Tuesday, September 6, 2005 Weather: another fine day. Temperature: still hot. Today we complete our tour of the Capital of China, Beijing, and fly to our next city, the former Capital of China, Xi'an. After another spectacular breakfast at the Beijing Hotel we began our day at a slightly later hour. We boarded our bus at about 9:30 a.m. for a short ride to one of the older sections of to ... 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

Message Follow (0) Comment

Clarence M. Thomas

cmthomas

We are a retired American couple in our early 70's who enjoy traveling the world and seeing new and exciting cultures. We have visited all 7 continents and about 75 countries. We live in Maryland during the summer and Florida (snowbirds!) during the winter. Unfortunately, due to a heart attack on Christmas morning of 2007 our desires to be locked into a long aluminum tube for hours on end has waned. It looks like our days of international travel have come to an end. We are so happy that we had the opportunity to see so much when we were able. Now we will sit back and enjoy the blogs of o... full info

Joined	August 30th 2005	Trips	0
Last Login	June 12th 2012	Followers	0
Status	BLOGGER	Follows	0
Blogs	19	Guestbook	25
Photos	91	Forum Posts	6

[photo=96113]

[blogger=6411]

[photo=96113]

[blog=19857]

[blogger=6411]

Top Photos Blog Map

Tot: 0.05s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 4; qc: 27; dbt: 0.0295s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 2; ; mem: 1.1mb