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110 Days in Asia
At last. After hundred and hundreds and hundreds of hours of planning, scheduling, making reservations, and stressing, we have taken off on a 110 day trip to Asia. 15 countries…if you count Tibet and...
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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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Forbidden City
No trip to Beijing is complete without a trip to the Forbidden City, the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. Unlike the rest of Beijing, the Forbidden City...
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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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Viator Tour Fails to Produce What It Promised
Every once in a while, you hit a tour that over-promises and under-delivers. Perhaps the copywriter got carried away. Perhaps the copywriter never took the tour. Perhaps our interpretation of the...
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