Dandong - then and now

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April 3rd 2010

Published: April 13th 2010

Our first visit to Dandong was part of our September 2008 National Holiday week trip with Angi and Shannon. We had been in China all of 6 weeks so were still getting our feet wet. This year, Thomas and Feng-wei had planned a weekend trip with some visitors from the States but were going to cancel it because, at the last minute, the visitors couldn't come. Rick, Gail, Dianne and I offered to fill i... Read Full Entry

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Dianne and Peter Wilson

WilsonsInChina

The WilsonsInChina blog charts the course of our three year adventure in China between 2008 and 2011. Dianne was a school administrator in Canada and heard about this opportunity just after retiring. Peter was an IT professional whose last contract ended just as Dianne decided that China sounded like an exciting adventure. He taught ESL one year but spent the rest of the time supporting Dianne as she shared her great knowledge and experience with the Chinese and Western teachers at the Maple Leaf International School in Dalian. China. While we are back in Canada now, our adventures are ToBeCon... full info

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View from the top

This view from the top in the fall shows the main gate as a little dot to the upper right of the pond in the centre of the picture.

View from on high - winter

Pretty much the same view except this time it's winter. We can only imagine how cold it must have been manning the wall in ancient times.

See for miles

I really liked how Dianne shot this one through the battlements off into the distance.

Hill of a climb

This is a view of the summit from the other side. We could have walked down from the top but weren't sure where we would end up and didn't want to have to climb back to the summit. So we took a walk around a smaller peak that took us to this spot. Of course, we then had to walk back (almost an hour each way). But at least it was our fall trip so the weather was nice and more importantly, it wasn't up hill!

Another view

This is another view from the top, this one looking towards North Korea.

North Korean farmer

As we were strolling along the river at the base of the hill where the Great Wall tower was located, we came across this North Korean farmer going about his daily activities. The border is pretty accessible but also well monitored.

Lunch!

These folks didn't let the fact that it was the middle of March and still pretty cold prevent them from having lunch outside. They was very impressed with Dianne's Chinese. They should get out more!

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