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Home » Beijing 2008, Snapshots

The Great Wall (万里长城)

Written by on August 27, 2008 – 11:48 am16 Comments
长城 - The Great Wall
长城 — The Great Wall

What’s the best activ­ity if it’s 45C and you slept only 6 hours the pre­vi­ous night because the hos­tel was noisy? Climb­ing the Great Wall, of course!

We got up early and caught a bus to Badal­ing (八达岭), the most famous Great Wall stretch, two hours away from Bei­jing. I climbed the Great Wall in 1999 and I was look­ing for­ward to doing it again. Only that time I was pre­pared: I had good shoes and water. Two details I had for­got­ten the first time I was there (being 16 a stu­pid 16 years old).

Climb­ing the Great Wall is tough. It’s hot and within min­utes we were lit­er­ally drip­ping sweat, the steps are high and the slopes can be quite slip­pery. Basi­cally, it’s harder than it looks. But hey, the view is well worth the climb!

For some rea­son, we were greeted by bears at the entrance. I still won­der whether they were cap­tured in the wild nearby the Wall… I hope not!

Er...are they roaming around?

Er…are they roam­ing around?

First View

First View

Big Wall

Big Wall

Admiring The View

Admir­ing The View

Graffiti On The Wall

Graf­fiti On The Wall

No More Climbing!!

No More Climbing!!

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  4. Mon­day In Finland
  5. St Malo — A Walled City

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