June 1997
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Intro
While my first time traveling out of the country alone was in 1993, that was as part of a tour group of students, so I wasn’t really alone. This trip, however, I consider as my first ‘real’ trip, for which I planned an itinerary, booked flights, and organized things myself — and it was to China. At that time, China was still an exotic place to go, especially as an 18 year old college student who hadn’t even done his quintessential
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The Great Wall, Badaling, China
This picture is a small miracle. What you see is a gorgeous section of the amazing Great Wall of China at Badaling. What you don’t see, and what I somehow managed to make sure you don’t see, are the hundreds of people on the Wall with me. I ran ahead of everyone else as fast as I possibly could to capture this “solitary” pic!