Long corridor

Day 5 Beijing

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April 4th 2008
Geo: 39.9165, 116.391I woke up today feeling really cold. The window last night was open because it was very hot inside and because of pollution the air conditioning was switched off. I woke up with one pillow under my head and one pillow on top of me and I was freezing cold. Where's my blanket I thought...until I saw my now wife had somehow woken up maybe an hour before me and taken my blan ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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