{"id":2093,"date":"2016-08-15T04:19:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T08:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/sla2016\/?p=2093"},"modified":"2016-08-15T04:19:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T08:19:00","slug":"great-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/2016\/08\/15\/great-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-517-min.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2196\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-517-min-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"7.3.16 iPhone 517-min\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-517-min-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-517-min-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-517-min-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-517-min-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-571.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2197\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-571-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"7.3.16 iPhone 571\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-571-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-571-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-571-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-571-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-571.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-591-min.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2198\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-591-min-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"7.3.16 iPhone 591-min\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-591-min-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-591-min-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-591-min-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-591-min-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-611.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2200\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-611-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"7.3.16 iPhone 611\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-611-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-611-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-611-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/7.3.16-iPhone-611-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Great Wall was incredible! \u00a0We visited a section called Mutianyu, which turned out to be a very steep climb to the top. \u00a0Luckily, there was an alpine slide to take us down to the base! \u00a0As we hiked along the wall, we could see the town from which we started in the valley below and mile after mile of the Great Wall winding along the mountain peaks. \u00a0It was definitely a relief to experience such clear skies and beautiful vistas, after living through some grey days in the Beijing metropolis. \u00a0As I realized how much manpower it must have taken to build, maintain, and defend the Wall, I could definitely feel an aura of antiquity and solemnity &#8211; The Great Wall was truly a sight to behold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Great Wall was incredible! \u00a0We visited a section called Mutianyu, which turned out to be a very steep climb to the top. \u00a0Luckily, there was an alpine slide to take us down to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/2016\/08\/15\/great-wall\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2093"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2202,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093\/revisions\/2202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}