The Great Wall

Christmas and new years at the Wall

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December 25th 2006
As many of you know I spent Christmas and New years in 2006 in Beijing more accurately on the Great Wall of China. One of the 7th wonders of the world. it is incrediably over 2500 yrs old and over 6000 kms long you can walk to india apparently from China. It was as I had imagined and only wished i could have been the only one there and not to share it with any other tourist. New Years day i ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more