The Great Wall
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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. ... [read more]
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. ... [read more] Blog: The Great Wall of China
Date: October 6th 2008
Day 36 - Monday 6th October - Had to get up early as our tour guide was coming to meet us at 9am. Got clean clothes to wear for the first time in 2 weeks. Hmm underwear, it's been a while!! Our guide (English name 'Wendy') met us and it was about an hour and a half drive to the part of the wall we were going to visit. Along the way we got to experience more crazy Chinese driving, as well as pe ... read more
Date: October 6th 2008
Day 36 - Monday 6th October - Had to get up early as our tour guide was coming to meet us at 9am. Got clean clothes to wear for the first time in 2 weeks. Hmm underwear, it's been a while!! Our guide (English name 'Wendy') met us and it was about an hour and a half drive to the part of the wall we were going to visit. Along the way we got to experience more crazy Chinese driving, as well as pe ... read more
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I'm Pete, i'm 23 years old, have been working in London for 4 years as a Financial Analyst and have at last got around to going travelling. I'm going to be driving from London to Singapore with Nancy who i work with and Adelle, a willing traveller we found online who lives in Blackpool. Once in Singapore i hope to fly out to Australia if i have any money left! I'll do my best to update my blog along the way so those who know me can check that i'm still alive!
Below is a map of our rough intended route and i'll create another one as we travel to show exactly where we end up. We leave Eng... full info
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