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Great Wall - Simatai? Zip Wire?Mutianyu? Please advise!

We are going to be in Beijing in the end of July and would like to spend a full long day on Great Wall.Questions: 1.I am thinking of skipping Ming Tombs and better enjoy Great Wall as much a possible? Am I right to do so? 2. Simatai or Mutianyu? Which... ...full story at Lonely Planet

from Lonely Planet on Fri, Jun 22 2007

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