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End of the Greeat Wall
... then had to get into the fortress. Outside the fort was the museum that told the stories of the Great Wall and facts like how long it took to build, how many people built it, how long it is, the weapons used and animals used to build it and other things. It is a good reminder of this great marvel. I had to take an overpriced taxi from the for the Overhanging Great Wall. It is 7 KM away. It is not as impressive of ...
Walking bits of the Great Wall of China
Photos uploaded but not much battery power left on the camper tonight as ran low this morning before we left for out day's trip - but camper van only went about 35km so didn't charge the leisure battery that powers the electrical stuff in the camper van itself up (a different battery to the one that powers the engine you'll be glad to know). Have ...
Hole with a wall in it
... It was Qin Shi Huang that planned and started building the wall- Qin Shi Huang was a chinese prince that waged war to unify China (and succeeded - naming himself the first Emperor of China). It was the tomb of Qin Shi Huang that we saw in Xian housing the terra-cotta army. Qin Shi Huang also succeeded in bringing some rule of law to China, so within the walls was relative civilization when compared to the brutal Turkmen and ...
Xinjiang, in China??
... we made it across two mini valleys to the trail. It was the most interesting and fun part of Jiayuguan. We had some Roujiamo, the staple sandwich of northwest China consisting of a dry bun bread with beef filling. Good and cheap.We got our bags from the whole and walked and walked south until we found ourselves outside the city in what we later were told would be an oil field. We camped in the semi dump semi construction yard with only one rock stabbing Nik in ...
Silk Road, Day 4: 嘉峪关
... thought it was kind of creepy to stand in the last room of the tomb because that was where his body was put O.o Regardless, I thought it was pretty cool still.
When we went to the Overhanging Great Wall, it was still freezing cold and it even started to rain a bit when we started our hike up the wall. Walking up the Overhanging Great Wall kind of reminded me of the Koko Head hike. It was a ...
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