Beijing Great wall at Jinkaou to Mutiayoiu

Tues 29th - the Great Wall experience

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July 29th 2014
Tuesday, July 29 was the day we went on the Great wall of China. Not content with the easy way most tourists would go, we decided to travel to the Wild Wall section called Jiankou. After a one hour near vertical climb up a ravine and a rock face, we struggled up to the highest watchtower #34 in the Jiankou wall called Zhengbeilou. The views were fantastic only marred by the thick layer of fog/smog ... 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