The Wall Of Time

The wall has always been there, separating us from chaos. On this side we have civilization. The other side is unknown. Without the wall, we’d all be lost. Those that walk the wall protect us from that fate. They are neither here nor there. They may not be alive anymore. They may be immortal. They …

A Look Back At The Great Wall

It’s been there more than a thousand years. It’s likely to be there for another thousand. It’s too long to see in one point of time. You must see all of its history in one giant panorama, its past, its ghosts, its bones and blood. It is the great wall. This work by @thebeautythatstillremains is …

The Yellow Flower Wall

I’ve been to Huang Hua Cheng many times. This is the first and only time I’ve actually seen yellow flowers there. Maybe it’s a sign that things are that are meant to be. This work by @thebeautythatstillremains is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 China Mainland License.

Let Go

The Great Wall is magnificent, but it’s easy to overlook the high cost of constructing it. Laborers and slaves hauled up every brick of the wall on their backs. Just one of those stones weighs an average of 70 kilos. So when you are standing on the Great Wall, looking out at the fantastic landscape, …

The Brick Wall Of China

There is more than one Great Wall of China. There’s the one everyone knows about, the one that astronauts can see from outer space and was built to keep out the Mongols. Then there’s another Great Wall. This one is not quite as grand, but it has the advantage of being mobile. Basically, as this …