Saying "I think I can"

The Great Wall Experience

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March 12th 2007
Well, now we’ve been to The Great Wall and lived to tell about it. The first day we walked down from the hotel(about 3/4 of a mile), but decided we would wait until Saturday to actually climb it. In Badoling, the wall has been rebuilt for people to be able to walk on it. It is hard to imagine that they have 4500 miles of it. We could see some of it that had not been restored and it was quite ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

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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