The Great Wall of China

Great Wall of China

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December 5th 2006
After a 7am start, we had our buffet breakfast, layered up, checked out & got picked up buy our tour guide Brenda. We walked outside to find there was just a car with a driver waiting for us, private tour for 2! The drive to the Great Wall was 1 and a half hours, of which H slept most. Mean, the ability to sleep wherever! Now if they'd put a movie on I'd have been out like a light, lol! We drove t ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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