Watch tower

Ok, we've been to the zoo

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August 22nd 2007
This post is actually about the Great Wall of China which we visited like good tourists who go to China for the first time. What can I say? Next time I'm in China I'll have to go again because this one was not the experience I expected. But maybe this is it. Maybe this is how it's supposed to be: half Chinese population on the Great Wall of China. After some deliberation, we decided not to go ... 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