Walking the Great Wall
May 30th 2006 Our third day in Beijing involved an early start - on the bus at 7.30am and a 4 hour drive out to the Great Wall at Jinshanling. We then had a nice wee 10km stroll ahead of us along the wall to Simatai where we were to be picked up. Of course the guys building the wall opted to build it across the most difficult route possible.... after all, why go around a hill along a nice flat valley when you c
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