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The Great Wall of China is just that; GREAT!!

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December 4th 2011
Rich invited us on a strenuous hike along the Great Wall of China but unfortunately we had to turn it down as number one, I am not a hiker and number two, I am injured. Thank goodness we didn’t go because we left the house at 6:30am this morning, and its 8pm and they are still not back! We did go along for the ride and got dropped off at the tourist part of the Great Wall called Mutiyanu. Though ... 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