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Day 1 Black Dragon Paw Park |
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First contact with locals |
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Day 1 Refreshment Break |
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By the waterfall in Black Dragon Paw Park |
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Day 2 Five Watchtowers |
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Tricky swinging bridges. |
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Day 2 Five Watch Towers |
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Heather with two local boys and their pet preying mantis |
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Day 3 Black Dragon Paw Park |
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Stretching with some assistance from a friend. |
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Day 3 Black Dragon Paw Park |
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Rest stop under very ancient tree. |
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Day 2 Mayan reservoir |
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Low water levels evident from treeline |
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Day 2 Goat herd |
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Locals taking advantage of the low water levels to farm. |
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Day 3 Black Dragon Paw Park |
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Steady upward climbing through forest |
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Day 3 Finish Line |
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Black Dragon Paw Park Entrance |
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Day 3 Evening |
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Cooking noodles |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Our first close up of the Wall |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Heather almost at the Great Wall |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Mee Leetin and Heather just before reaching the wall |
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Day 4 Lee and Mia |
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The Scotland cap helped me choose my helpers for the day. |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Heather, Kathleen, Karen and Carmel just reached our goal to walk on the wall |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Luke and his trusty followers. |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Heather's helpers |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Lunch stop |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Margaret and Heather |
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Day 4 Wallcatchers |
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Help greatly appreciated on this very steep section. |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Heather on the wall |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Looking back from whence we came. |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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The last few towers for today |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Carmel and Sue |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Heather with the rest of the day's walking in background |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Unrestored Wall. |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Awesome scenery |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Amazing |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Beautiful |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Surreal |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Chinese music emanated from the hillside. |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Did we just climb this? |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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Steep and rough climbs and descents. |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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We just walked this |
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Day 4 The Great Wall |
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End of the day's trek looking back |
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Day 5 The Great Wall |
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John taking time out. |
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Day 5 The Great Wall |
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Wet and bedraggled but enjoying every minute! |
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Day 5 The Great Wall |
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Finish Line - Bridget and Sue ducking champagne and fireworks |
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Day 5 The Great Wall |
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Heather - wet and muddy |
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Day 5 The Team |
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Alan, Ken, John, Gwen, Chris, Lina, and Dr Wu |
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