Sorry I forgot to post this note I made. It is from before Changde. The Great Wall is amazing. What is most amazing is how bad of a wall it is. It is not straight. It branches and twists as if it has a will of its own. It was not, I suspect, useful as anything but as a public works project. Its steps are uneven and often treacherous, its function as a communication route would have been served just as effectively with a series of tents filled with 中国人 (Chinese people) with fireworks. It is, however, easily one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen. Hiking along the Great Wall is not only seeing how expansively beautiful the Chinese landscape is but an exhausting adventure up steps that have completely crumbled into guarded military zones. I can’t explain how much fun this excursion was or how breathtakingly beautiful the great wall is. I will attempt to post pictures as soon as possible.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Saturday 9/15/08
Sorry I forgot to post this note I made. It is from before Changde. The Great Wall is amazing. What is most amazing is how bad of a wall it is. It is not straight. It branches and twists as if it has a will of its own. It was not, I suspect, useful as anything but as a public works project. Its steps are uneven and often treacherous, its function as a communication route would have been served just as effectively with a series of tents filled with 中国人 (Chinese people) with fireworks. It is, however, easily one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen. Hiking along the Great Wall is not only seeing how expansively beautiful the Chinese landscape is but an exhausting adventure up steps that have completely crumbled into guarded military zones. I can’t explain how much fun this excursion was or how breathtakingly beautiful the great wall is. I will attempt to post pictures as soon as possible.
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