Foggy day on Great wall of China

More Beijing and the Great Wall

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September 17th 2007
Okay, I admit it, not actually on the Great Wall right now, but spent about three hours on it at Mutianyu earlier in the day, and am nursing slight stiffness as a result. While I've seen the pictures, the reality of all those steps was a little bit wearing. We took a taxi driver recommended by the Oz Embassy for the day and it seemed a fait accompli that we would go to this particular site about ... read more

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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