It was a glorious day to spend in the mountain sunshine and a great ending to our time in China.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The Great Wall
Sometimes you go to popular tourist sites only to find out that they are a bit disappointing. Not so with China's Great Wall. The scenery is stunning and the wall itself lives up to its billing. We took a 3 hour bus ride from Beijing in order to get to Jinshanling, a section of the wall that is gorgeous, less visited than the closer sites, and much less reconstructed/touristed. There were still a few hawkers, but much less than Angkor Wat or other such attractions. It was well worth the drive. The beginning of the wall had been rebuilt around 1980, but most of what we walked on was the Real Deal. And once we got away a bit, there weren't many people at all.
It was a glorious day to spend in the mountain sunshine and a great ending to our time in China.
It was a glorious day to spend in the mountain sunshine and a great ending to our time in China.
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Clare! I am fairly certain that you went to the same part of the wall that I went to 3.5 years ago! That's so cool, glad you got to enjoy a part with fewer people. I know I enjoyed my visit to the wall. Bendiciones!
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