Build along the mountain side

The Great Wall and Summer Palace

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April 26th 2010
It was 6.00am when we had to get up. The trip to the wall took about 2 hours. We went to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall. The way up was by cable car, from there on we could go up the wall and start walking. It was a beautiful sight. Not as green as i remember in July, but with the mountains full of the first green and a lot of blossoms. The view is indescribable. The Wall, so huge, still s ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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