{"id":17284,"date":"2015-07-02T21:17:54","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T01:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basicallybeyondbasic.com\/?p=17284"},"modified":"2023-08-03T00:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T04:50:00","slug":"dont-leave-china-without-visiting-the-summer-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/2015\/07\/02\/dont-leave-china-without-visiting-the-summer-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Leave China Without Visiting The Summer Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once our\u00a0summer program ended, my friends and I ventured off to Beijing on our own to see a number of other\u00a0tourist attractions like the\u00a0Forbidden City and the Great Wall. 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Chinese subways seriously stress me out but it was an affordable and fast way to travel so we all\u00a0went with it.<\/p>\n<p>One of our\u00a0first stops in Beijing was the Summer Palace. The place\u00a0was stunning! In retrospect, I think it was <em>the<\/em>\u00a0most beautiful place we visited in China. It was also the most challenging to explore. 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But maybe that is because I built up my endurance walking\u00a0the Palace before climbing\u00a0the Great Wall the very next day&#8230;? I&#8217;m not sure.<\/p>\n<p>Considering I&#8217;d never even heard of the Summer Palace prior to visiting China, I was shocked by how beautiful it was. What&#8217;s even funnier to me is the fact that I think it was my favorite place we visited! 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