26th September 2006 Our next full day tour was to the Great Wall of China. We were collected by our guide, and there was no one else on the minibus. On our way to the wall, we past the building work going on the Olympic stadium, truly it does look like a birds nest. We also drove past some of the other buildings that are being constructed for the 2008 Olympics, together with the athletes’ village. On our way to the Wall we stopped off at a Jade factory which had some truly lovely pieces at some very nice prices. The biggest thing that I learnt was that jade is not just green, but white and orange too. When we got to the wall, we were greeted by a very odd sight, and something that I
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