http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Beijing , Great Wall of China en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:27:26 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:27:26 +0000 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 b http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-458454.html Et bien aujourd'hui la journe a commenc trs tt. Nous tions debouts 5h30 du matin pour un dpart 6h00 en direction de la muraille de Chine. Nous avons effectu environ 3 hrs d'autobus pour finalement arriver au point de dpart 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-458101.html China Great Wall TourTravel is my life My goal is travel the world.ChinatourI choosed Oriental Bus Tour Oriental Bus Tour Travel Agency in Beijing China First I choose China being the first stop There are many tourist attractionins in China such as the Forbidden City the Great Wall etc. Before I visit C http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-455705.html Badalian http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-452901.html 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 t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-452198.html 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. Der http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-448953.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-448379.html The Great Wall and Tombs of Ming Dynasty http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-448006.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-446619.html If yoursquod told me way back as a kid that Irsquod be flying to Beijing one day Irsquom not sure Irsquod have known what to think.Back then China was something of an unknown quantity a mysterious Red Giant which while not as likely to blow us to kingdomcome as the bloody Ruskies still definitely resided in the lsquoNot To Be Trustedrsquo file.The truth is I like the rest of the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-446568.html 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 sto http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-446346.html Walking The WallSo if I told you that the woman whose photo appears to the right led us on a 6mile hike up steep mountain trails and along the Great Wall of China would you believe me Well time to start believing because thats exactly what happened And our apostrophy key is still not registering so will be used instead...sorry...stupid technology...Anyway We awoke at 630 to prepar http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-445764.html Dear AllPlease 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 jokingToday we got up and away early and took a taxi to the Jinshanling section of the Great Wall. Taxi took about 2 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-437070.html ldquoHe who has not climbed the Great Wall is not a true manrdquo Mao ZedongSo 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-433479.html www.roominfo.it http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-430727.html Day 4 August 18 2009 I am picked up at my hotel at 9.00am and today I am crossing off one of the listings on my personal bucket list. First we go to the Ming Tombs. We are visiting just one tomb the tomb of Emperor Yongle. There are 13 Chinese Emperors buried in an area just below the foothills outside of Beijing. I suppose this is the Chinese equivalent of the Egyptian Valley of the Kings. Ho http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-429912.html I had a wonderful vacation in the past 2 months My uncle and I went to Beijing for holiday and the we went to HCM city in Vietnam.I have gone to Beihai Park Forbudden City Great Wall Olypic Park and Tian'anmen.But I think the most beautiful landscape in Beijing is the ''Great Wall'' it is so big and seems like hard to build it No wonder if the foriegn people come to Beijing they mus http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-426958.html Absolutely. breathtaking. experience.The Great Wall of China and the view from it surpassed all expectations for me and that's not to say I wasn't expecting it to be great. Standing upon the wall one can look in any direction and see an endless mountain range fade into the horizon. There's no sign whatsoever of human civilisation except for the very wall upon which you stand and it too seems http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-425250.html Well the last couple of days have been very interesting. After 10 days without a break although we really only worked 4 hours a day we all traveled to the Great Wall of China. We all decided on going to a place where not a lot of tourists typically travel. Were we ever RIGHT The WHOLE time on the wall we may have seen a total of 10 other tourists. It was outstandingOur whole trip was http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-424332.html so great http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-424174.html