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Exploring Datong China
We decided to devote one of our days in Beijing to a very long day trip to one of the former capitals of China, a provincial capital on the border of Inner Mongolia. We booked a guided tour that...
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Dining out in Beijing
Beijing has a a lot of “fast food”. Yes, it has McDonalds, KFC, Burger King and their own local fast-food restaurants. But it also has a preponderance of street fast food–vendors selling items grilled...
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Beijing Hutongs. See Them While You Can
No trip to Beijing is complete without touring through hutongs, ancient Mongolian-style neighborhood built around a grid-based system of alleys. While they still existed in Beijing, many have been...
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Beijing’s Summer Palace
We all like to have a summer retreat….a place to go to get away from the heat and just indulge ourselves. And if you were royalty, your retreat could be built in a prime location and decorated...
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Beijing. How Much Did the Olympics Change the City Versus the Growing Economy?
The last time we were in Beijing (albeit 15 years ago), we remember lots of small shops along most streets, with the men playing mahjong, the children watching TV and the women washing or doing other...
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Longji Terraced Rice Fields and Guilin
On our previous trip to China, we took excursions through a number of lovely, albeit artificially color-lit limestone caves that were cut into the soft rock by rushing water. This time, we skipped the...
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