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Home Personal Stories 3 Lessons After My Wheelchair Died on a Beijing Sidewalk Forbidden City Gate, Beijing, China

Forbidden City Gate, Beijing, China

Forbidden City Gate, Beijing, China

John seated on the back of a camel in front of the Egyptian pyramids.
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