The Great Wall at Mutianyu, Eastern Qing tombs. Have just completed the trek of the Great Wall at Mutianyu...woke up to an amazing day...never thought we'd get to see the sky while we were in China, just blunder around in the incredible smoggy haze, but here we were, the morning of the trip to the great wall and the sky is blue!! We kept our fingers and feet crossed, prayed to Buddha and all the Gods above...not just for clear skies, and lo and behold...our first clear day! The mountains and scenery around here are just simply magnificent...The Wall at Mutianyu is a much nicer place to visit than at Badaling.. Much less busy..lovely small winding roads threading through the hills, the terrain absolutely covered in edible crops - corn, apricots peaches walnuts, macadamias, plums,
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