Simatai

The wall that is very great!

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August 31st 2006
31st August 2006 Today we visited our highlight and reason for coming to Beijing - The Great Wall. There are various areas of the wall that are open to visitors and within reach of Beijing. We chose Simatai, renowned for being steep, picturesque and with the added bonus of being less popular with the coach loads of tourists, due to its location. At around 8am, we caught a bus to Miyu ... 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