One of my dreams was to scale the Great Wall of China. This dream was realized. We took a train from Beijing North station to Ba Da Ling. That day it was drizzling in the morning and a bit misty in the early part of the day. The train ride took one hour.
We took the easy way out. We caught a cable car ride up to midway and then scaled up to the max point on foot. A sensational feeling overwhelmed me when I could see the Great all way down below when the sky began to clear.
Although the feeling of seeing the Great Wall for me was not one that was emotional for me it was, still, quite moving. What an engineering feat, and what a dream it was to want the Great Wall built!
( it was thought on the average 1 person died for every 1 meter of the Wall constructed. The Great Wall is over 8000 km long. So mathematically, 8 million workers perished building the Great Wall)
We took the easy way out. We caught a cable car ride up to midway and then scaled up to the max point on foot. A sensational feeling overwhelmed me when I could see the Great all way down below when the sky began to clear.
Although the feeling of seeing the Great Wall for me was not one that was emotional for me it was, still, quite moving. What an engineering feat, and what a dream it was to want the Great Wall built!
( it was thought on the average 1 person died for every 1 meter of the Wall constructed. The Great Wall is over 8000 km long. So mathematically, 8 million workers perished building the Great Wall)
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