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Great Wall, China.

A "must" for any tourist visit to China is a visit to the Great Wall of China. With the help of our guide Mr. Chang, we drove some 70km outside of Beijing to the wall. A really great adventure: we climbed the wall close to a small village, at a place where our group was almost alone on the building. The inclination of the building at some places is unbelievable! We climbed up the wall and were rewarded for the efforts by reaching this unbeleivable point of view over the valley! No chance to spot the end of the building !!! Hope you like the view!

I have added a WS with a second view from the same scenery ...

The Great Wall of China (Simplified Chinese: 长城; Traditional Chinese: 長城; Pinyin: Chángchéng; literally "Long wall") or (Simplified Chinese: 万里长城; Traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; Pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng; literally "The long wall of 10,000 Li which is similar to kilometers/miles (里)"[1]) is a series of sandstone and earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire during the rule of successive dynasties. Several walls, referred to as the Great Wall of China, were built since the 5th century BC, the most famous being the one built between 220 BC and 200 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. That wall was much farther north than the current wall, built during the Ming Dynasty, and little of it remains.

The Great Wall is the world's longest human-made structure, stretching over approximately 6,400 km (4,000 miles)from Shanhai Pass in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. It is also the largest human-made structure ever built in terms of surface area and mass.

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