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China - Jim and Peter on the Great Wall (July 2006)
Date: 07/14/2006
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China, Jilin Prov - With Robbie and his parents, one of Peter's students who graciously hosted us.
Date: 07/07/2006
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Visiting Pete's student in corn country.
Date: 07/29/2007
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Stop for lunch on the first day by Jilin.
Date: 07/29/2007
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Another road.
Date: 07/29/2007
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Pete poses on the wall.
Date: 07/29/2007
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People expecting to bike in rural China and stay clean are bound to be disappointed.
Date: 07/29/2007
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Pete posing on an un-restored section of the Great Wall. Hasn't been touched since the Ming Dynasty, probably more than 500 yeas ago, but in many places still presents a formidable obstacle in terrain already difficult to navigate.
Date: 07/29/2007
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Taking a break by the roadside.
Date: 07/29/2007
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Biker's dream: long, straight, shaded and no traffic.
Date: 07/29/2007
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Pete poses near a market place in a cart-marshaling area.
Date: 07/29/2007
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Pete's student and our host for a couple of days.
Date: 07/29/2007
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A welcoming feast served at Pete's student's home.
Date: 07/29/2007
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No sunburn for this hat wearer.
Date: 07/29/2007
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Chinese elementary school classroom.
Date: 07/29/2007
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Pete on the road.
Date: 07/29/2007
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Our faulty road maps led us to a stream with no bridge. Luckily we found a ferry.
Date: 07/29/2007
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We meet up with Ethan in Shenyang, about half-way to Beijing.
Date: 07/29/2007
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We finally make it to the wall.
Date: 07/29/2007
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This section of the wall is restored well enough to bike on. But because of the restoration, you have to pay a fee to access this part of the wall.
Date: 07/29/2007
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If the herdsmen of the North (against whom the wall was built as a defense) road bikes instead of horses, the Great Wall might have actually worked.
Date: 07/29/2007
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After Jim tore out his bottom bracket he and Pete took turns towing each other to this man, who fixed it in 15 minutes for a buck fifty.
Date: 07/29/2007
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A tree blossoms at Shang Hai Guan, where the Eastern edge of the Great Wall reaches the Yellow Sea.
Date: 07/29/2007
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We pose for pictures with the staff of a sea food eatery by Shang Hai Guan.
Date: 07/29/2007
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After biking along the coast for a while, we finally find a beach and wash some of the road dust off.
Date: 07/29/2007
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Un-restored section of the wall tapers off into the distance. The wall is not a continuous single wall, but actually a series of many different walls ranging between miles and hundreds of miles in length and built over the span of almost 2,000 years.
Date: 07/29/2007
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Great wall with modern town in the background.
Date: 07/29/2007
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A section of the un-restored Great Wall.
Date: 07/29/2007
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We found a Catholic church in Hebei and dined with the priest and his assistant, and afterwards posed for a picture outside.
Date: 07/29/2007
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Pete's handlebars outside
Date: 07/29/2007
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