End of trip

The Misty rainy Great Wall of China.

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November 5th 2012
Today was our day to see the wall and we were up and off at 8am to do the section called Ba Da Ling ( 8 prominent peaks) on our own. Stocked up on water and snacks and headed for Qianmen station (Dong Cheng district) and the subway loop line 2. Take this line until you get to Xuanwumen station and transfer to line 4 Take this line to Xizhimen and get off here at Exit A and head off to Beijin ... 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