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Great Wall of China Camping Trip - Bridges to china

A regular trip we hold for participants of all our study programs, camping on the ancient Great Wall. We hike up to an abandoned part of the ancient wall, to a section that hasn't been renovated, and camp in a guard tower. Good times to be had by...

from YouTube on Mon, Oct 27 2008

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