Great Wall, Ming Tombs and Other Stuff
August 21st 2009 Day 4, August 18, 2009
I am picked up at my hotel at 9.00am and today I am crossing off one of the listings on my personal bucket list.
First we go to the Ming Tombs. We are visiting just one tomb; the tomb of Emperor Yongle. There are 13 Chinese Emperors buried in an area just below the foothills outside of Beijing. I suppose, this is the Chinese equivalent of the Egyptian Valley o
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