Anna Hartley is an Australian writer.

She has lived in Paris and Beijing since 2011.

Her work has been published in The Washington Post, France 24, Forbes Travel Guide, The Houston Chronicle, The New Zealand Herald, The Vancouver Sun, the Beijinger, and Babbel Magazine.

Hiking the authentic Great Wall of China, without the crush→

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Published in The Washington Post, March 15 2018

My gaze drifts up from the uneven, rocky path to scan the tops of the hills. As we round another corner, the view clears and I see what I’ve been searching for. A frisson of excitement runs through me. Standing high over us is a tower of the Great Wall of China.

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