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| TREKKING THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA!! SO PROUD OF YOU...SMILE...FOR REAL!!! |
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| AND A BEAUTIFUL SMILE IT IS!!! |
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| CLAUDIA & SMOKEY THE BEAR... I MEAN MIMI. |
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| LUNCH TOWER |
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| LUNCH PETER MADE US ALONG THE TREK |
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DINNER AT A LOCAL FARMERS HOUSE ON THE WAY TO THE NIGHT TOWER
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| IN THE DISTANCE, OUR NIGHTS LODGING :) |
Spent the night in a watch tower on the Great Wall a few hours outside of Beijing. We call this the 13% trek. This is amount of our trek we competed during our five hour journey hiking amongst the Ming Dynasty stones from the 1300's. The path traveled was difficult- steep stairs and stacked slabs of stone feet high. At times, we had to play it safe in the rain and skid down on our butts or crawl up on our hands and knees.
Most importantly, after testing our inner strenght and giving it our all, we made it to the top of the tower for a chilly night sleep. Doubled up down sleeping bags, layered clothing and of course roommates for body heat!
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MOM ALWAYS GETS THE MIDDLE
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| A MORNING MEAL AND TEA...HEY WHERE'S THE VIEW:( |
WE AWOKE IN THE MORNING. NO MISHAPS THAT A BUCKET OR OUR GUIDE PETER COULDN'T HANDLE! |
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| IS THAT A SHORT CUT? BE CAREFUL!!! |
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| WE CLIMBED AND WE HIKED.... |
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| AND WE CLIMBED... |
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| AND WE HIKED... |
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| PETER |
Peter chuckled when he offered a piggyback ride down the hill. Although, we had contemplated this offer, we are not sure of the added cost for this humiliating option... But Peter had a better idea!
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| SURVIVED THE NIGHT AND WE ARE AT IT AGAIN IN THE RAIN & COLD OFF THE BEATEN PATH (?) |
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TO OUR SECRET
WAY OUT...BUT DON'T TELL |
FLASHBACK OF CHINA 10/19-20/2010
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Give your mom a kiss for me!
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