The brave girls in the cable car

Mother's Day at the Great Wall

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April 3rd 2011
Wow, what an amazing Mother's Day we have had. To quote mum, "This has to be the most memorable Mother's Day ever!" We were up and out by 7am and our driver took us up to MutianYu, a part of the Great Wall which we had been recommended by several friends. It was a chilly yet sunny start to the day but well worth emerging from our beds super early. It is a national holiday called Qing Ming - this i ... 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