Great Wall views

Day #92: The Great Wall

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July 16th 2013
We had decided to do the walk from Jinshaling to Simitai, a walk of around 6km, which sounded manageable but turned out to be very gruelling in the heat. The distance walked along the wall can be measured in numbers of towers as well as kilometres - this was how we were supposed to find the end of our walk, at tower 22. Once fatigue set in we began using the towers as targets - just get to the ... 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