The Great Wall

A Climb of a Lifetime!

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November 18th 2014
Geo: 39.9165, 116.391We got up very early, before our wake-up call -- still trying to adjust to the time change. Again, we had a huge breakfast.We took the bus to the Sacred Way of the Ming Tombs. The air today is quite polluted and Brennan actually put on a mask for a short time. This burial site was chosen by the Ming emperors because it lies in a valley surrounded on three sides by mou ... 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