The Great Wall

March 27, 2000

• The Story
• The Journey Begins - Beijing and The Forbidden City
• Culture and Contacts in Beijing
• The Imperial Gardens in Beijing
• The Great Wall
• Tianamen Square Beijing
• Shanghai, The Museum and Acrobats
• Shanghai, Children's Palace
• Shanghai, The Bund
• Shanghai, A walk around town

 

Larry Greider (left) and me at the Wall A six-lane motorway takes hundreds of  thousands of tourists out to the Wall about  an hour out of Beijing Local Chinese at the Wall Entrance to the Wall at Badaling   On the way to the Wall the Chinese are  constructing an amusement park to open  in about a year

Steep incline as Wall twists over torturous terrain The Wall is an absolutely amazing achievement.  You have to see it to really appreciate its  awesome size.   Larry Greider and Frank Fish   A pit full of bears just outside the Wall