Just like we had pictured it

Day 295 - You can see it from space

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April 23rd 2007
The planned lie in was ditched for a visit to the Great Wall of China with us choosing to walk from Jinshanling to Simatai against the guest house staff’s advice of visiting a piece of the wall closer by. Where we wanted to go would be full of tourists and was too far away - ARRGH. As it turned out they were wrong but at least we now know which trip pays them the higher commissions. In a countr ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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