WoW!! How beautiful. Thank you for sharing these pictures and your trip. It must have been so magnificent to actually be in that wall. How did you guys get out alive? (pictures 11 and 12 :)
great wall Hey, thanks for the info. we actually had a great tour guide who spoke good english and she told us most of what you said. How are we related? what is your name? I posted some pics maybe that will draw in your class!!
The Wall and all... Hi, you travelin' ladies!
My 6th grade reading class is reading a short story on The Great Wall. I told them I have relatives (yes, Liz, you ARE a relative) who are there right now. They weren't really impressed, but I tried.
According to the story, the wall was built to keep out the marauding Mongols from the north, but it cost so much ( in money, materials, time, and lives) for the people to maintain the wall as well as pay taxes to keep the Ming Emperor's court in high style, that a revolt of the people occurred. The Manchu wanted to take over China, too, and managed to do so when the Ming Emperor invited them to help repel the revolt of the peasants. In addition to squashing the rebellion, they took over the government from the Ming. The irony is that the Wall was built to keep out those who had plans to take over China, but China ended up inviting the Manchurians in with open arms - no need for them to find their way around or through the Wall.
Did you know the Wall was begun around 200 BC and worked on in bits and pieces until the 13-1400s? Now you know more than you ever wanted to know about the Great Wall lof China!
Mary and I are going on a trip to Thialand and are using this to document our trip. I will be the blogger for us, I am a 25 year old who, as most people visiting this site I love to travel. I lived in Indonesia for 3 years about 10 years ago I have been to Japan, Singapore, Hawii (I love the beaches) most states in the US, and other places, and have many more places on my list to go. I have begun my count down on my trip soon to come to Thailand, where my dad lives, in just 1 day we leave. This is the first time that I have ever blogged in my life but I think it is great how people share their... full info
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Looks like a cool place to visit.