From one of the first summits at Jinshanling

The Great Wall

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May 12th 2006
Getting to the Wall The morning of our trip to the Great Wall was gorgeous - which helped with the fact that we had to be up so early and in the van by 6am. We had decided to visit a section of the wall called Jinshanling that was 3 hours away from Beijing and would hike 10km from there to the Simatai section of the wall. We were joined in the van by four other Westerners - two Dutch, ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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