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China Tour 2001
7/27 - 8/6

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Tod & Kristen watch the night light up on Wangfujin street in Beijing. Communist propoganda (circa 1960) screened at an outdoor beer fesitval in downtown Beijing. Donghuamen Night Market sells exotic regional snacks. This pineapple beer was really quite tasty--fruity and cloudy, like a cherry wheat beer but sweeter.
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Skewered Scorpions. Not pictured: grasshoppers, pupae, and whole baby quail Tara and Seth enjoy some of the snacks at the night market The Great Wall separates Beijing from the maurading hordes to the north. Waiting for lunch at an outdoor cafe near the Great Wall
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Lunchtime at Si Ma Tai: orange Fanta before climbing the Wall Voguing at Si Ma Tai Great Wall Tod climbed up to the top of this overgrown watchtower for a better view of the panorama. Windows in the watchtowers let in light and breezes.