In a Guard Tower

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September 30th 2007
I first read about The Great Wall when I was about 8 years old. It was one of those 3 or 4 mysterious places in the world that I had to visit. It lived up to and exceeded my expectations. Here are a few photos of the day's walk. They are from the Mutianyu section (one of about 5 sections of the wall within 100km's of Beijing). Everything in China is big, really big, but this it big beyond belief. ... 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

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