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On the morning of our last day in China we again boarded the bus for a ride to the Great Wall
We traveled northwest of Beijing to the Great Wall. We went through a long tunnel (long green line) to the section of the wall we visited. Obviously we only saw a tiny piece of the 3889 mike long wall that is supplemented by 1387 miles of natural barrier (the breaks in the red line). If I were 50 years younger I would think about hiking the full length. Now I think I made about 300 yards of it!
The roads sides were ablaze with flowering trees and scrubs
going up over the mountain to the left.
A short Video of the Great Wall
Remember, the Chinese invented gunpowder so it is no surprise to see many old cannon and guns.