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Beijing Zoo

Hopped on the train and railed over to the Beijing Zoo. We went the wrong way after we caught the transfer train but recognized our mistake quickly and so we only went one stop before getting off and taking the train the other way. We saw the most rude and funny thing before we got to the zoo....

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akstoltzy on June 20, 2010 from Beijing, China

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Hard Rock Cafe and Hooters

Still having some problems with connectivity and the internet.... We woke up fairly early today. It's another scorcher today (about 97) and so the walking turns out to be a good workout, especially when you get as lost as frequently as we do! We sat around for a while this morning as we...

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akstoltzy on June 19, 2010 from Beijing, China

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Walking Like There's No Tomorrow

The internet has been funky, to say the least, over here the past few days. Now that it's working again, I can fill you in on the weekend. Today (Friday), we went back to Tian'amen Square. So, we left the hostel and started walking thinking that making two lefts would be easy and therefor,...

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akstoltzy on June 18, 2010 from Beijing, China

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Hard-Sleepers vs Soft Sleepers

Took the overnight train from Xi'an to Beijing last night. It wasn't a bad ride. However, we were in the carriage that is the last sleeper with the 'sitters' (they only have small chairs and tables to sit at) right next to us. The smoke in that car is incredible and of course drifted into our...

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akstoltzy on June 17, 2010 from Beijing, China

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The Second Wall

We tried to go walking yesterday around the city at about 1:00 PM. It was a tad warm. 100 degrees warm. So, our walk only lasted about a mile. I took these pictures during our short walk. This first one shows a sentry point on top of the wall around the 'old' city. This wall is not the...

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akstoltzy on June 16, 2010 from Xi'an, China

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History

Added a new blog entry (the one directly after this one) about our arrival in Xi'an. It explains about arriving safely but not safe. ********************************************************************************************************** Yesterday (Monday) we went to the famous terra...

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akstoltzy on June 15, 2010 from Xi'an, China

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Arrival in Xi'an

Arrived in Xi'an (zhe ann) Sunday night after a 29 hour train ride. We were late by two hours. We left the train station in Xi'an for the hostel hoping to find a taxi. Well, we found plenty of taxi cabs, however, none wanted to charge us by using the meter. They wanted from 50-80 Yuan for the...

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akstoltzy on June 13, 2010 from Xi'an, China

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Observations From The Albino Panda

I feel like an albino panda here. That's not a racist statement so don't even try. Most people I walk by here (and that's a lot of people because the population is very large) stop and stare or just follow you with their eyes until you pass them. It's quite interesting to walk down the street...

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akstoltzy on June 12, 2010 from Guilin, China

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Guilin

BLACKHAWKS RULE!! How exciting to have a champion again! Trivia: Chicago is the ONLY city in the US that has had a championship in each of the four major sports (bball, baseball, football, and hockey) in the past 25 years! Take THAT NY and LA! HAH! OK, now to some travel news and the real...

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akstoltzy on June 10, 2010 from Guilin, China

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Chinese Flag meaning

According to Wikipedia: The largest yellow star represents the Communist party and the smaller yellow stars represent the four social classes: peaseants, workers, bourgeoisie, and capitalists. School is now out for summer. Have fun.

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akstoltzy on June 9, 2010 from Guilin, China

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