A nice hike

What's this "Great Wall" I keep hearing about?

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March 24th 2008
As mentioned in my last blog, I made it to Beijing okay and found my hostel quite easily. On Saturday I went to check out the dirt market, which is a market for antiques/jewelry/art etc (clever name). I didn't really find anything though but it was still pretty cool to see all the "junk". On Sunday, I traveled to the great wall with my hostel. There were 20 of us booked and we headed off a ... 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