We spent about one week in Saigon, or Ho Chi Minh City, in the south of Vietnam. There are two names for the city because the country is still, in the peoples minds, seperated north and south. The north of Vietnam (the side that won the war and are in power) call the city Ho [...]
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We saw a lot of amazing things in Phnom Penh, and some very sad history from the 1970′s when the Khmer Rouge, and Pol Pot ruled the country and did a lot of horrible things. The people of Cambodia were very happy and friendly considering what happened to them though, and everyone was happy to [...]
After a really long bus ride from Bangkok we made it into Siem Reap, in Cambodia. Siem Reap is home to the world famous temples of Angkor. They were built by the Khmer people between 800 A.D and 1400 A.D. and cover a huge amount of ground, with many temples of many sizes; some that [...]
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Here is Polly #14 at the Great Wall of China, about 90 minutes north of Beijing. The Great Wall was built many years ago to protect China from people from the North called Mongolians (who are now part of China.) There is a Chinese saying that if you go to the Great Wall you are [...]
Polly #14 enjoying a Chinese meal Here is Polly #14 in Beijing enjoying a delicious Chinese dinner. In China people eat a lot of rice, but also chicken, beef, pork, noodles and other foods. Here is Polly #14 in Beijing China at the ancient Temple of Heaven. Now it is like a museum but in [...]
In June 2010, Polly #14 went to China to see Shanghai and Beijing. While in Shanghai, she attended the 2010 World Expo (World’s Fair), the largest one in history. Shanghai and Beijing are both very big cities. In Shanghai, she also saw Yuyuan Garden, the Jade Buddha Monastery, and the Shanghai Museum. Here’s Polly #14 [...]
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