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Monthly Archives: March 2007

On the Great Wall (cont.)

Saturday, March 3, 2007

Because of the angle of the sun, it was perfect photography conditions. There was virtually no snow, and it looked like late autumn, even though it was early January. The only better time, according to some people we talked with later on who had done this 8 times already, was in October, when the leaves [...]

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Arrival in Beijing

Friday, March 2, 2007

Note: this is something I wrote up when I was just getting ready to leave for India, but couldn’t upload until I returned.
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Beijing 12-15 Jan 2007
The weather for the past several days has been great, especially for Beijing. I’ve been reading that the skies are almost never blue, but I’ve had blue skies, and clear [...]

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Back from India

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Before leaving for India (after finals), we had the earthquake which severed the internet undersea cables. This made it difficult to keep anything up to date on the site, and easy to procrastinate.
I did write up a couple of items when I was in Beijing, about my day long hike along the great wall, etc. [...]

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