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August 10, 2004

How Are Ya

In Beijing we met up with a group of Aussies who'd just come from Mongolia. They were a great bunch and made drinking beer to the wee hours very easy. One of the guys "Dave" had named RMB "how are...

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August 07, 2004

Great Wall

Yesterday we walked along the great wall again. Same place as last time Jinshanling - Simatai. A 10km stroll up and down 30 towers. Hard work but a more pleasant journey when it's not covered in snow. The Chinese...

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August 05, 2004

Forbidden City

We had planned to spend today visiting the Mao Mausoleum and Forbidden City. In true Chinese fashion the Forbidden City is heavily being refurbished - has anyone told them it's peak season. After the Forbidden City we rode around looking...

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Temple of Heaven

We arrived in Beijing on Wednesday morning checked in to the Far East Youth Hostel hired bikes and hit the town. Our first stop was the Temple of Heaven, having missed it last time we wanted to make sure we...

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