Looking down the Great Wall

The Great Wall & Ming Tombs

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March 22nd 2015
It's 1:42 AM and I'm writing a blog. My hotel's power just cut out. Boo. Yesterday was amazing. My first Great Wall tour guides didn't work out. They said they decided my hotel was too far for the sections of the wall I wanted to see. So I contacted Miles Meng (recommended by Lonely Planet) and organized my driver less than 24 hours before he met me at my hotel. Glad it worked out. He pic ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Mutianyu

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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