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- This donkey got a shock when I walked past, but it was very curious at the same time.
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- From the desert to a green strip of land which got it's water from the Black River.
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- We saw this little Buddha statue in a small restaurant. If you look closely, you can see there is money in front of the Buddha.
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- Ten year old Liang Hong Jiao wants to be an English teacher when she grows up.
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- Jon had just lit one of his Great Wall cigars when we met this guy.
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- The Chinese use mirrors in a parabolic dish to heat their water. They also use cardboard boxes as chicken cages.
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- Grasslands
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- You can see how hundreds of years of erosion have affected The Wall. It is hard to conserve stretches like this.
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- The boy stood still for a long time, looking at us eating noodles.
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- A shepherd on the Great Wall in the evening sun.
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- I wasn't the only one that thought it was hot this day!
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- This charming lady was 82 years old and sat on the steps on her daughters shop.
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- Electrical wiring on a wall.
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- A man washing his birds nests one morning in Wuwei.
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- Jon walking on top of the Great Wall. In sections with a lot of sand this is the fastest place to walk.
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- The Great Wall engulfed by sand from the Tengger desert.
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- I asked this 28 year old woman what her dream was, and she answered: To make money. She was already living her dream as the owner of the shop.
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- There are a lot of viscous guard dogs around, but this one caused me no problem.
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- Shepherds and their sheep taking refuge from the sun at noon. Perhaps we should start doing the same?
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- The day Jon left the Great Wall, he gave me some of his water. Much appreciated when you are in a desert…
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- This is (exactly) what it looked like when Jon and I parted at the wall. At the time the prospect of ten months alone along the Great Wall made me feel lonely.
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- This young lady knew a little English. We talked for quite a while, and every time she said something I didn't understand she got really frustrated.
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- Many places along the Great Wall, I have to take detours to get past dried up river beds. The peek in the background is the Great Wall.
