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| He's been standing there for centuries...I bet he really wants that snack... |
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| View looking towards the Ming Tombs |
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| Different animals guarding the path...they are all in pairs, with one standing and the other resting |
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| Resting elephant |
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| Standing elephant |
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| The pillars are each built from one solid tree trunk. Those trees just don't exist in China anymore. |
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| Money (fake, I think) given for luck |
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| Restaurant we ate at on our way to the Great Wall |
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| Our van |
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| Trek through capitalism to reach the gondola |
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| Base of gondola...you can see the path it takes up the hill behind Eric |
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| View of the wall on the way up |
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| The scope and scale is mindblowing in person |
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| Nice hat, Butler |
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| And, we are on the wall |
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| It was so bleak, cold and exposed. No wonder thousand froze to death guarding it each year. |
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| US ON THE WALL! |
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| Pretty sure those doors weren't made for Eric... |
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| We bought beer on the wall...around 70 cents each. It was AWESOME. |
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| It's a lot of climbing, actually. |
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| And finally, the way down: toboggan! We tore the course up...all of us except Eric, who had a dud wagon. Dad and I had the guys working the course screaming at us to slow down...hell no! |
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