Great Wall 3

Day 2

---

June 4th 2007
Today was a looooonnnnnnggggg day. I left my room at 6:30 A.M. and did not get back until 10:00 P.M. We drove about 2 and a half hours to the non-touristy part of the Great Wall of China and spent a few hours there. It was really hot and the steps were much steeper and troublesome than I originally expected. Some local farmer native followed me around the entire day (even though I really didn’t ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

---

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