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Dartmouth Does the Great Wall: Simatai to Jinshanling

 Above:  Dartmouth Fall 2007 FSP in Beijing Students at Simatai Great Wall.  For more photos, see my Great Wall photo pageIf you want to do a day-hike on the Great Wall, the best place in my reckoning is Simatai to Jinshanling (or vice... ...full story at Shanghai Journal

from Shanghai Journal on Wed, Sep 19 2007

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