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Beijing
North Fake Silk
Street
Does it Get Any
Cheaper?
Semester
at Sea
Spring 2001
Mongolian border in the Gobi Desert. After a couple of hours in the border town of
xxxx we boarded our overnight "sleeper" bus to Beijing. We only had a few days in
China before our plane left for Korea and we chose to spend them revisiting some of
our favorite sites from our visit in 2001. We visited the Temple of Heaven and
Forbidden City which were undergoing renovations in preparation for the 2008
Olympics at the time and we revisited the Great Wall, this time choosing a slightly
less touristed section that required a 10k trek along the wall. We also spent an
evening on a quest in Walmart Beijing to find any product made in America and
another evening at Silk street shopping for anything decidedly not made in America.
Far and away though, the best part of our three days in Beijing was exploring the
back alleys and neighborhoods of the .... district where our hotel was located.
