Great wall

China Day 5

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September 26th 2006
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’ vi ... 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