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Visual Travel Tours, "Beyond the self-guided tour" Denver Business Journal, 2/19/10 excerpt.

China's Great Wall: Walking On History


 

Long known as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, this amazing engineering feat is an awesome sight to behold as it snakes its way across China. It is the world’s longest outdoor museum, stretching from Jiayaguan in the west to Shanhaiguan on the eastern seaboard. The Chinese started building the Wall in the 6th century BC to defend themselves against invaders swooping down from the north. Today it is one of the most visited tourist attractions on earth: to walk on the Wall is to walk on history.

 
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Tips in this Tour:

Learning a few basic words in Mandarin will earn you brownie points with the Chinese: hello (nihao), good bye (zaijian), please (qing) and thank you (xiexie). Knowing a few numbers also is helpful.
Comfortable walking/athletic shoes are a must for walking on the Wall for the average person. Visitors to the more rugged sites will probably want to wear sturdy hiking boots.
Hiring a taxi for the day is best if you want to visit the less accessible sites on the Great Wall or want to spend more time there than tours allow. If you rent, remember you also pay for the driver’s meals and admission fees. For an authentic Chinese meal, have the driver order so you can get dishes that aren’t on an English menu.
Carry an adequate supply of bottled water with you when you head out on China's Great Wall. At some sites, you may not meet anyone selling water.
Eating lunch at the Great Wall is a fun experience. Be sure to pack out any trash you create, leaving only your footprints on the Wall.
Enjoy an audio/video sample of this tour:
Click to see a QuietGuide™: Scroll as you stroll. Text+photos formatted for mobile. 
Transportation: By Foot - Easy walking
Specialty: Historical/Heritage
Category: Guided Tour - play before & while you tour
Added:11/03/2008
Duration: 30 min
Chapters in this tour:
     Introduction
     History of the Great Wall
     Preserving the Great Wall
     Badaling Section of the Great Wall
     Other Great Wall Sites
     The Wall Ends at Shanhaiguan
 
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      For PC and Windows Mobile Devices - .wmv - $15.95 (65MB)
      For Mac, iPod, and iPhone - .m4v - $15.95 (75MB)
      For most cellphones - .3gp - $15.95 (30MB)
      For most smartphones - .mp4 - $15.95 (79MB)
  Audio Only + Map for any audio device - .mp3 (15MB) + Free Map - $9.95


Provider: Cheryl Probst

 Cheryl Probst is an award-winning photojournalist who has worked for newspapers in Oregon, Washington, Alaska and China. She goes to China on a regular basis, and has visited 43 of the 50 United States, 7 Canadian Provinces, numerous European countries and also New Zealand. Today she calls the state of Washington her home.