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| The view from my window |
T H E M O R N I N G I woke to was far smoggier than the day before had been, but thankfully my head was clearer. I was able to catch up on some journaling and reflection as the yellowed, opaque sky slowly brightened, and broke my fast with a plate scattered with fixings from our hotel's expansive breakfast selection before hitting the road for the day. Our first stop of the day: the Great Wall!
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| Mike reluctantly cedes control to Dr. Yi |
Our tourguide, Mike, told us a bit about the Great Wall as we began to move out of the city. According to him, it took 1 million people 10 years to build the Wall in the first unified Ming dynasty, 50% of whom died. We'd be seeing the
Badaling section of the Great Wall, the closest to the city and also the most popular.
