...and so it begins - Palyondong Post Office to the Great Wall of China
May 3rd 2008 Palyondong post office started the proceedings in befitting style by shutting earlier than promised and thereby rendering us unbelievably, excruciatingly laden for the first part of the trip. We arrived sweating at the post office to see not-so-friendly-looking roller shutter doors and cursed the fact we would have to start 'backpacking' with backpacks plus three heavy boxes, meaning our total wei
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