Efter dagens och kvällens aktiviteter, kom det artonde vykortet.

Artonde vykortet

Laoniu Bay sits at the junction of Shanxi Province to the south and Inner Mongolia to the north. It is where the Great Wall meets the mighty Yellow River and then runs alongside it for the next 44mi (70km). A lone, ruined beacon tower stands at the end of the headland.

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Efter totalt 1127 km avverkade, kom det sjuttonde vykortet med tillhörande information.

Sjuttonde vykortet

Most people would be familiar with Disney’s animated film and live-action adaptation of the story of Mulan. Set during the Han Dynasty, Mulan’s father is conscripted to join the imperial army. Unbeknownst to her frail father, Mulan takes his place by impersonating a man and together with General Shang, she battles the Hun invasion.

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925 km avverkade och det kom ytterligare ett vykort.

Med tanke på att ”street-view” inte fungerar (det är i Kina!), så är det trevligt med dessa vykort, som visar var vi befinner oss.

Dessutom får vi lite mera information om var vi är.

Sextonde vykortet

Datong has a long history, dating as far back as the 5th century BC when it served as a military fort during the Zhao Dynasty. When the Qin replaced the Zhao in 221 BC, the emperor ordered the Great Wall to be extended on its western border, north of Datong.

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Här går det undan!

Denna tisdagskväll kom det 15:e vykortet.

804 km avverkade.

Femtonde vykortet

The Great Wall as we know it is a structure made of bricks and stones. It has forts and passes, watchtowers and beacon towers. All very well organised to create a complete defence system.

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Då var det dags för ytterligare ett vykort från vår vandring på The Great Wall.

Strax efter lunch denna söndag, damp det ner i mailkorgen.

Fjortonde vykortet

First built in 1505 to protect the Juyong Pass, Badaling was fully restored in the 1950s and was the first section to open to tourism. Badaling is also the last major tourist centre and is where the Wall that most people know about ends.

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Så var det dags igen!

Här ligger man i sjukdom och får se det ena vykortet efter det andra ramla in i brevlådan.

Man önskar ju inget annat än att man kunde vara med!

Trettonde vykortet

Juyongguan, translated as Juyong Pass, was a solid stronghold and one of three very important passes. The other two were Shanhaiguan to the far east and Jiayuguan to the far west. Located in Guangou Valley it is flanked by Cuiping and Jingui Mountains.

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Ytterligare ett vykort, nummer tolv i ordningen av totalt 29, kom denna torsdagskväll.

I detta nu har vi alla tillsammans avverkat 574 km!

Tolfte vykortet

Remember when the wall at Panjiakou was submerged beneath a dam? Huanghuacheng is another that was buried beneath the water.

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Våra deltagare är verkligen aktiva, vilket visar sig i att vårt elfte vykort kom strax efter det tionde!

Nu, efter avverkade 547km!

Håller vi på i denna takten, blir vi färdiga i Juni!

Elfte vykortet

Where Mutianyu was beautifully restored, Jiankou is completely wild and ruined. Traversing steep ridges through dense vegetation, Jiankou is one of the most dangerous sections of the Wall. The bricks are broken, the walls collapsed and the path often vanishes before it reappears again. It is a wildly adventurous section, almost on par with Simatai.

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Onsdag kväll och våra deltagare kämpar på!

”Själv ligger jag i feber och får inte gjort en meter.”

Efter ca: 542 avverkade km, kom det tionde vykortet från vår färd.

Tionde vykortet

Mutianyu Wall is fully-rebuilt and in complete contrast to Gubeikou’s wild and ruinous appearance. Constructed out of slabs of granite, as per the original Ming design, Mutianyu is approximately 1.8mi (3km) long and has 23 watchtowers spaced at 330ft (100m) intervals.

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Bara en halvtimme senare, kom det nionde vykortet i mailboxen.

Kan detta bero på Lindbergs och mina avverkade kilometrar på cykeln idag?

Nionde vykortet

Gubeikou Wall is a dilapidated and unrestored part of the Great Wall. There are no parapets, no battlements and no paved paths. The wild vegetation envelopes the walls into the landscape and the towers are either in ruins or completely destroyed.

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