Rook! I doing it again!!

August 11, 2003 10:43 PM

Walk the Great Wall of China, or rather, take a virtual stroll through the use of a QTVR-esque java applet along a good stretch of the Wall that seems to be in pretty fair shape. For the vast majority of us that will never get there in person, this is an interesting close up.
posted by jonson (7 comments total)

The title of this page is slightly offensive. wtf?
posted by ArcAm at 11:29 PM on August 11, 2003

Jonson made a title in the same vein for this post. Then there was a big brouhaha. Some liked it, some didn't. Ho hum.
posted by tss at 5:12 AM on August 12, 2003

what is offensive?
I want to be offended?
posted by kenaman at 5:36 AM on August 12, 2003

I go four steps into the wall headed southbound and it stops amoung ruins. There is a small mailbox there. I open it and read the leaflet. It says "Welcome to Zork".
posted by stbalbach at 5:48 AM on August 12, 2003

This just in: jonson's post self-derailed. Non news at meta?
posted by DBAPaul at 5:52 AM on August 12, 2003

The best part of the Great Wall are the guys in mediaeval costumes who jump out from behind pillars with swords drawn going "Hah!" and then demanding you take a picture with them for five renminbi. My mother nearly dropped her camera off the edge when one did it to her while she was admiring the scenery.

Second best part: Luging down to the bottom on little ass-carts.
posted by Pseudoephedrine at 6:08 AM on August 12, 2003

Metafilter: down to the bottom on little ass-carts.
posted by stonerose at 6:46 AM on August 12, 2003