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Picture taken out of the taxi window on the way to the airport, late Sunday morning.

Ordinarily, this wouldn't be worthy of inclusion in this album, but it was (thanks to a windstorm earlier that morning) the only time we saw blue sky the entire trip. Sure, the sky ended up appearing blue in earlier shots, but... it wasn't.

(Besides, I couldn't end with that shot of the marketplace, could I?)

It was a good trip, but I was ready to return to the U.S., where I stand out due to my odd personality rather than my height and skin tone.

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Marketplace, Beijing, Saturday (the 1st): The day before we leave, some of us do more shopping.

Really, there's only about 3 things to do in China: eat, sight-see, and shop. (Well, 4 if you count getting massages.)

Here's a typical alleyway in the market in Beijing. It's only because we really spent so much of our time there doing this activity that I felt compelled to include this.