Successful climb on the Great Wall and Kung Fu Performance--so long Beijing
July 21st 2009 Ni hao from Beijing!
Today was a very exciting day for all of us as we travelled to Mutianyu to climb high up on the Great Wall of China. We had beautiful weather today, again a high of 34C but the sun was shining and the skies were blue which made for perfect conditions for our climb. We travelled about 1.5 hours by coach out the site and went up to the wall in orange coloured cable cars. This p
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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 
