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What I like about Beijing

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

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Beijing was not a city that I liked immediately. It’s crowded. It’s polluted. It’s hot and humid. It seems everything is under construction in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics. To be fair, almost anything would have been a let down after the countryside of Mongolia, though. It took a day on a bike and a few more days wandering around the hutongs (alleys) to endear me to this city, but now I’m a Beijing fan. [read on]

Beijing, Beijing, Beijing

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

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We made it to Beijing. The past few days I’ve been about as energetic as this family. I was sick yesterday (a gift from Ben) and today was an exhausting day in tourist hell at The Forbidden City. It was pretty. It was impressive. It’s just that the big tourist attractions aren’t really my thing. I took the picture of this sleeping family at The Forbidden City. See. It really was exhauting. I’m not just complaining:-) I’ll send a few pictures later. For now I’m off to explore some more of Beijing!!