So quiet and peaceful

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April 29th 2015
Just after sunrise we woke to the beautiful sight go the great wall. Out of our tents and we could see the sun, through the mist, just above the peaks of the adjacent mountains. A pretty good way to wake up. We had all slept quite well and were pretty happy that we could tick off having slept on the great wall. We then packed up all of our camping equipment, the few things that we had actually tak ... read more

Asia » China

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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