The Great Wall

The Great Wall

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September 1st 2014
We were up at 6am to head to the Great Wall at Mutianyu. We got a minibus out of the city and into the hills in the north. At Mutianyu we climbed up to the wall, up some very steep steps into the cloud. The wall is spectacular, and as we walked along it more watchtowers emerged out of the mist. We were there early enough to see the wall with nobody else on it, and it got busier during the morning. ... 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