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Beijing - May 18, 2006
Great Wall
| The
Great Wall is the world's longest man-made structure, stretching
over a formidable 6,352 km (3,948 miles), from Shanhai Pass on
the Bohai Sea in the east, at the limit between "China proper"
and Manchuria, to Lop Nur in the southeastern portion of
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Along most of its arc, it
roughly delineates the border between North China and Inner
Mongolia. This is an amazing structure. There have been five phases in the building of the wall, starting around 208 BC, the majority and most preserved was completed in the 5th phase (1368-1540). For more information on the Great Wall, click the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China. |
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 Entrance to the Great Wall. |
 Interestingly, most visitors are Chinese. |
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 One of the many guard towers. |
 It keeps going, and going, and going. |
 From the inside out. |
 You had better be in good shape to hike this! |
 Was this the equivalent to a toll booth? |
 Some parts of the Wall are not in good shape. |
 A golf cart would have worked great here! |
 Almost to the tower. |
 Some of the energetic ones made the trek. |
 A view from the top (of at least this hill). |
 Early cannon guarded the entrances. |
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