Views from the Great Wall - China

The Great Wall

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May 21st 2010
Pathetic foreign city girl "does" Great Wall ... and is outstripped by Mongolian lady-farmer. Well you can't go to Beijing or the environs without seeing it and walking it. I had heard that some areas of the wall are super tourist-y and so chose to avoid that area and opt instead for the "wild wall" - an 8km trek along the wall at a more remote spot. 8km walking on a flat w ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

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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