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By Boulay
December 3rd 2009

Great Wall Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

View of the Wall

Et bien, aujourd'hui la journée a commencé très tôt. Nous étions debouts à 5h30 du matin pour un départ à 6h00 en direction de la muraille de Chine. Nous avons effectué environ 3 hrs d'autobus pour finalement arriver au point de départ du trek de 10 km. La section que nous allons visiter aujourd'hui est la section entre la ville de Jinshanling et Simatai, cette section de la muraille est moins visitée par les touristes due à son accès difficile ainsi que la distance qui la sépare de Beijing, cependant elle est aussi splendide sinon plus que les autres endroits plus [View Full Entry]

By AndrewandLaura
November 29th 2009

The Great Wall, Ming Tombs Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

Went on a booked tour today. The plan was the Great wall of China, and the Ming tombs, however a few other stops ended up in there somehow, all plugging things. We also went to a Vase making centre, a Jade factory, a tea ceremony, and a silk factory, all quite interesting. Anyway the Great Wall was fantastic , as good as I imagined and more! It was early morning when we arrive so very, very cold, but also not packed with tourists. The part we visited was called Guyong Guan, which is the 'Gate to Badaling', it was very steep [View Full Entry]

By mandy7
November 10th 2009

Day 4 - Great Wall & Ming Tombs Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

Today was a big day... We woke to find it had snowed all night - it was amazing! Pity we didn't see it happening ourselves. We were booked on a tour today but started it late as the bus was having trouble getting to us in the snow. Our tour guide was Pan Jiao or otherwise known as Sally, and she told us some interesting facts on china, like there are 1800 new cars on the road everyday - no wonder they have massive traffic jams. Our first stop was to the Ming Tombs. There were some great original buildings but [View Full Entry]

By quad88
October 28th 2009

The Great Wall at Juyonguan Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

Start of the climb

"He who does not reach the great wall is not a true man" - this is the inscription on the first picture, carved in stone. The sign on the way up that was more interesting was about climbing to your ability if you have heart or "brain disease"...Unfortunately some pollution set in today so the sky was not as blue as Monday but the temp was very good. No crowds, low temp, a plus for the kids. Derek's favorite place so far (except for the hotel :( ). [View Full Entry]

By LeeKatyGreen
October 26th 2009

we are here1 Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

Photo 2

Hey guys........well we have only been here a few days but we have already done so much not got time to say it all. we got here fine but spent a whole day sleeping met the group that night had an amazing mix of chinese food. We went to the great wall the next day, it was quite misty and the leaves are just changing so a mixture of golds and browns and yellows so made it relly magical. It was hard work but got to the highest point. We cant believe we have finally done it relly was memorable especially [View Full Entry]

By Tiffany Journeys East
October 20th 2009

Beijing At Last! Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

A little info for ya

Before returning to the States for the summer my friends and I took a trip up north to Beijing. Normally, members of the CTLC have nearly three weeks of training in Beijing during which time new teachers can explore and see the sights. My group last year got the shaft due to the Olympics. Instead of three fun filled weeks in Beijing, we got ten mediocre days in the small coastal city of Zhuhai. So on June 14th my friends, Kim and Cara, and I boarded a train, excited to finally see what had been denied us nearly a year before. [View Full Entry]

By ALC
October 19th 2009

Day 9: Beijing Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

Beijing gate

Today was a big day for everyone. All of the fellows began their research segments. It sounds as if everyone made it to their respective research sites without too many problems. The teachers and I met Yuehua at the hotel and we traveled to the Great Wall. Getting there was half the adventure! After walking around to four different locations looking for taxis, we headed to the nearest bus stop. Then we went to the transfer station to catch the bus dedicated to the Great Wall run. That bus stop happened to be the gate of Beijing. We stood around for [View Full Entry]

By Aerogers
October 17th 2009

The Greatest Wall of All Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

Our Fearless Leader, Sherpa

Walking The Wall So if I told you that the woman whose photo appears to the right led us on a 6-mile hike up steep mountain trails and along the Great Wall of China, would you believe me? Well, time to start believing, because that"s exactly what happened!! And our apostrophy key is still not registering, so " will be used instead...sorry...stupid technology... Anyway!! We awoke at 6:30 to prepare for our "Secret Wall Tour" organized by our hostel. It promised to take us to an isolated section of the Great Wall, still in its natural state, and assured us that [View Full Entry]

By Rusty Broon
September 16th 2009

Beijing Day 2 - Great Wall & Birds Nest Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

jinshanling-map-l

Dear All Please forgive me guys, Anne was suppose to write this one tonight but she is currently unavailable (sleeping). This travelblog stuff is my new favourite internet activity, my old favourite is out the window now we are in such close proximity to one another (ha ha, only joking)!! Today we got up and away early and took a taxi to the Jinshanling section of the Great Wall. Taxi took about 2 hours and nearly killed us 3x - i was sitting in the front so this upped the fear factor by 10! We shared the taxi with a well [View Full Entry]

By Tony and George
August 26th 2009

The Great Wall Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

Our first sighting of the great wall

“He who has not climbed the Great Wall is not a true man” Mao Zedong So to prove that we are both man enough (G being an honorary chap for this occasion). We set out to see the Great Wall of China. We made the decision to travel 110km out of Beijing towards Jinshanling which is a quieter, less touristy section of the wall. Rather than go for a couple of hours during the day we decided to spend the night in Simatai. We planned to travel from Beijing to Simatai, hopefully get a bed for the evening, dump our stuff, [View Full Entry]

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