1 At the Badaling section of the Great Wall
2 Mom getting ready to take pictures
3 The tower at the base of the wall
4 Climbing the uneven stairs posed quite a challenge
5 A view across the mountains from the first rest stop
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7 Thousands of locks lined the wall
8 On the path to the top
9 The wall stretches thousands of miles, on the crest of the local mountains
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11 A view from the second tower
12 A pagoda on a nearby section
13 The view from the point where I turned back
14 Looking down. That's Mom standing alone against the wall (wearing purple).
15 Back at the bottom, looking up.
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17 Keep looking...
18 Mysteriously vanished?
19 The requisite tourist trap.
20 Beyond the first checkpoint
21 Trying to climb higher, many people fell along the way.
22 The gate
23 At the entrance to the Ming Tombs
24 Willows line the path.
25 The tour group walking along the animal-lined road.
26 Sculptures line the road; two sets of each animal. One set stands at attention, the other crouches in deference to the emperor.
27 Crouching.
28 Crouching camel.
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30 Crouching elephant.
31 Camel standing.
32 The entrance gate to one of the 13 tombs.
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34 The emperor looking forward.
35 View from the rooftop.
36 The stele in the tomb.
37 The gate which marks the division between the underworld and the land of the living.
38 Stone carvings lining the stairwell.
39 Mountain jam.
40 Playing emperor/empress.
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