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Shanghai

Jinshanling to Simatai

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We hiked the Great Wall from Jinshanling to Simatai, about 10km. In the morning we took a long...

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Jinshanling is a semi restored section of the wall. Starting in Jinshanling, the wall was fairly...

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This section of the wall is "famous for its five characteristics: precipitous, dense,...

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One of the many towers. We highly recommend this starting this hike in Jinshanling because of the...

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Restoration Work

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Near Simatai there's quite a bit of restoration work going on. Here a couple of workers are taking...

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Nicely restored.

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A fruit stand on the side of the road.

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The view from our hotel room. Some of the morning smog.

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Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests

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Temple of Heaven

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Uploaded on Aug 22, 2009

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Lunch

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Don't do anything.

Forbidden Palace

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Uploaded on Aug 22, 2009

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