Streching on as far as we could see...

The Great Wall of China

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April 28th 2008
Yesterday I left my hotel at six in the morning to head to the Great Wall of China. There's a part of the wall that's relatively close to Beijing called Badaling but I heard that it's the mother of all tourist sites- packed with people, and it was also fixed somewhat recently so it wouldn't feel like a genuine experience. I decided to take a bus to Jinshanling- which is about a three hour bus ... 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