More about the Great Wall

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It was early morning when we started our trip to the Great Wall. We took a bus for 2 to 3 hours till we finally arrived in a small village. The whole class and I walked through the village then went into the bush on a trail that went up the mountain. After many steep steps we arose above all the trees onto a path that led across the mountain ridge. It was beautiful, and the air was fresh and cooling, even though it was boiling hot with no trees for shade. The path led onto the Great Wall, but not the wall as you see it in pictures and movies that has been renewed and remade, but the original Great Wall, that has been untouched. It was rocky, rugged and the steps and buildings had been worn away or broken, even some of the paths where so thin from the sides being broken off. While the WalI might have not been as beautiful, the scenery was. I was surrounded by mountains and it felt like my feet were off the ground from being up so high. It was one of the best experiences of my life.





Tamara

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