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hi my friend
Beetianmi
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busy as a bee,
lasy as a pig,
fast as a jeep,
life is sometimes like a piece of shit.
I'm still travelling...
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re voluntary work with pandas
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Backpacking in China is real easy and real safe. I just got back from a three week jaunt and I am 75 years of age.
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Beijing"Hang your chemistry and electricity! If you want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable those Europeans to cut each other's throats with greater facility."
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There's a lot to see in Beijing, and if you want to see things well instead of just breeze through, you should plan to spend longer. The 10 k hike is one of the most worthwhile things I have done in my life -- that takes one day. The Forbidden City and the Summer Palace each deserve a full day, and then you won't see everything. You can do them fast if you want, but why go all the way to China just to pop into these great sights, take a picture to prove you were there and then move on to the next item on your checklist? Five or six or seven days would be excellent.
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The Forbidden City and the Summer Palace each deserve a full day,
"Hang your chemistry and electricity! If you want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable those Europeans to cut each other's throats with greater facility."
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Sure, and you cand o Paris in a day and a half if yo're quick about it. Anything beyond that is jut dicking around, right?
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Sure, and you can do Paris in a day and a half if you're quick about it. Anything beyond that is just dicking around, right?
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If this is Thursday it must be Belgium!
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Kevin, have you been to the forbidden city recently? Much of it has been completely overhauled. If your idea of interesting is white museum walls with a glass case containing a replica of a musical instrument that was common a hundred years ago, then the forbidden city is heaven. But I was seriously disappointed in most of the buildings. I would say it's time that could be better spent seeing something more genuine and interesting."Hang your chemistry and electricity! If you want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable those Europeans to cut each other's throats with greater facility."
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awesome reply guys thanks,will look into all the advice n keep an eye on the forum.really can't wait to visit china but enjoying organising it too.
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I was there on September 5th. That was five weeks ago.
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Giving us more information about yourself would also be helpful to us when suggesting answers. Eg your sightseeing interests/preferences, your expected daily budget, points of entry/exit etc. You mentioned Hong Kong... are you flying from there to Vietnam, or entering Vietnam overland?
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