Great Wall

Beijing

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May 12th 2011
We hired a car from the hotel concierge to take us to the Great Wall Mutianyu about an hour from the hotel. You can take a chair lift to the top of the wall but we decided to walk up the trail and stairs to the top of the wall. We hiked along the wall to the part of the wall where there was a warning sign to stop. We started off pretty early but it got really hot really fast. Luckily there were pe ... 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