Great Wall Art!

Great Wall of China

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October 5th 2006
We left the hostel at 06:40!! Orla was in a terrible state of shock, finding she is up earlier everyday travelling than she ever is for work at home! It took 3 hours in a cramped minibus to get to Jinshanling - our starting point for our walk of the Great Wall. Our bus driver was a maniac so the drive seemed longer! A German girl called Andrea asked if she could walk with us. She was really n ... read more

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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