q-IMG 1466 - View of the section of the wall from the bus

Beijing - the Great Wall and Summer Palace

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October 17th 2009
Today we had a reasonably early start, leaving the hotel around 7am so that we could get to the section of the Great Wall early before the crowds. Our bus was one of the first buses to arrive Juyongguan (Juyong Pass) around 8:00 am, our guides gave us 2 ½ hours to climb the wall and get back to the bus. By the time that the members of our group that got to the top of the seven towers, the ... 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