Looking down

Day 1: Great Wall

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May 30th 2010
Stayed up all night since I got to the the hotel really late, after 2 AM, and had to get ready for the tour bus by 7 AM. Grabbed breakfast at the hotel and boarded out tour bus for an hour and a half ride to a section of the Great Wall. Got there around 10 AM, already getting busy with tourists unloading from tour buses. Saw numerous buses carrying Korean tourists. The climb up the Great Wal ... 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