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“Great Wall at SiMaTai” Ilombardo’s photos around Beijing, China (beijing simatai travel)

Preview of Ilombardo’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Beijing, China Entry Title: “Great Wall at SiMaTai” Entry: “It had been a melancholy weekend in Beijing. I was suffering from the flu. It was hazy in the city and no one wanted to go outside. Then, Saturday evening, I got a call from a friend of a friend named Jonas, asking if I wanted to join him and eight of his German colleagues on a trip to the Great Wall on Sunday. They had rented a van for the day and needed extra bodies. They also needed someone who could speak Chinese. This was music to my ears. I was more than willing to offer my body, and my linguistic abilities, to them for the day. The spot they chose on the wall was a more remote location called SiMaTai, about a two-hour drive from Beijing, and not the usual tourist trap BaDeLing. As you’ll see from the pictures, SiMaTai is restored in parts and falling apart in others. The falling apart parts make you realize just how ancient the wall is. They also add a sense of adventure to the trip. They are also a good weeding out mechanism for those less hearty tourists. If you have a sturdy pair of hiking boots, and don’t mind sweating a little bit, I highly recommend a hike on the Wall at SiMaTai. On a final note, if you ever have the chance, I highly recommend visiting the Great Wall with a group of Germans who aren’t shy about …

Mouth’s Cradle – Chinese Food (visualization)

This is a visualization intended to enhance your streaming experience! It was assembled from found footage by Mouth’s Cradle. Download our free mixtape Mouth’s Cradle Vs. The Hype at www.mediafire.com lyrics (adapted from “Summer Girls” by LFO): new kids on the block had a bunch of hits chinese food makes me sick and i think it’s fly when the girls stop by for the summer, for the summer i like girls that wear abercrombie and fitch i’d take her if i had one wish but she’s been gone since that summer, since that summer hip-hop marmalade, spic and span met you one summer and it all began you’re the best girl that i ever did see the great larry bird jersey 33 when you take a sip you buzz like a hornet billy shakespeare wrote a whole buncha sonnets call me willy whistle ’cause i can’t speak baby something in your eyes went and drove me crazy now i can’t forget you and it makes me mad left one day and never came back stayed all summer then went back home mccaulay culkin was in home alone fell deep in love but now we ain’t speakin’ michael j. fox was alex p. keaton when i met you i said my name was rich you look like a girl from abercrombie and fitch cherry pez, cold crush, rock star boogie used to hate school so i had to play hooky always been hip to the b-boy style known to act wild and make girls smile love new edition and the candy girl remind me of you because you rock my world you come from georgia where the peaches grow they drink lemonade and they speak real slow you …