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Beijing
July 28, 2008 by Karin.
My new friends generously shared with me their can-do enthusiasm and Mandarin language skills as we taxied around Beijing. We saw the Olympic site behind a fence where everything looked ready and sophisticated. It would look shiny too if it weren’t for the persistent smog smothering the whole city. (Like San Francisco fog, but less refreshing).
(I tried to pose for a stealth photo but was caught too close to the entrance and shooed away.)
At night, we zoomed around Tianemen Square, admired christmas lights around Mao’s giant portrait. Finished up with a stroll down a wide gentrified portion of the hutongs.
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