The Great Wall

Trip to the Great Wall!

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May 7th 2014
We all have those little lists of things we would like to do in life......ours to name a few are to travel to new and far places, take a helicopter ride over Cape Town in South Africa, Go on a game drive and see "The Big Five" animals in the wild, ride an elephant, swim over the edge of the reef in the Maldives (well I almost got to the edge, fear wouldn't let me go over!!) and to walk along The G ... read more

Asia » China » The Great Wall

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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