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Hiking the Great Wall with Beijing Hikers

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November 8th 2010
After landing in Beijing two days earlier, I joined a 13km hike of the Great Wall with the Beijing Hikers. The hike was titled "Yanqing Great Wall and Long Valley City". We left Bejing around 8 am and returned around 7.30pm. The organizers, Zak and Tyler, supplied water, some snacks and dinner in a local village restaurant. Hikers were responsible for their own lunch. Cost was 350 RMB. Languag ... 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