Looking down

On the Road Again!

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October 20th 2017
I apologize for being so behind in this blog and with pictures. We have very little down time and getting on the Internet is not always reliable. I will recount our day on Thursday. It was a very long day! We left the hotel at 8:30 after putting our checked bags out at 7:00. The sun was out and it looked like we were going to have a lovely, clear, warm day. Our first stop was at a fresh water p ... read more

Asia » China » The Great Wall

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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