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Worth the climb

April 4th 2009
Day 23 (April 4) Next day was a 2 hour plus private bus ride to the Great wall at Mutianyu. Another perfect Beijing day complete with blue skies. We chose to climb the steps from the carpark to reach the wall. The steps were steep and not so easy a walk but you do feel that you have to earn the right to be there. Then there was more climbing up on the wall itself as it follows the cres ... read more

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Sharyn J

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Welcome to my Travel Journal. Ill be updating here as often as I can so you can catch up on my travels whenever you have the time. (I hope Ill be better at updating than I am with emailing or phoning!). There are green boxes below to help you jump to a particular country. Where am I now: 26 December 09 - At Lovices, in Wijchen, The Netherlands Below is a summary and map of the key places Ill be visiting. * Japan, China, Mongolia, Russian Federation * Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania * Poland, Germany, Austria, Czech Repub... full info

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