Blogs from Great Wall of China, Beijing, China, Asia - page 38

Hôm nay đi Vạn Lý Trường Thành. Người ta vẫn nói là “Bất đáo Trường Thành phi hảo Hán” (chưa đến Vạn Lý Trường Thành thì chưa phải một người giỏi), ai ai đến Bắc Kinh đều phải đi thăm nơi đây. Nhà mình thì toàn các bậc "hảo hán" mà, làm sao bỏ qua được. Ở Bắc Kinh có nhiều đoạn trường thành nổi tiếng, trong đó Bát Đạt Lĩnh (Badaling) là nơi được nhiều người biêt đến nhất." Hôm nay cả nhà xuất phát rất sớm so với mọi hôm, đã hẹn với cả nhà Le Bang (bạn của Lâm ở Bắc Kinh) lúc 9h30 sáng gặp nhau ở cổng trường Đai Học ngôn ngữ Bắc Kinh để bắt xe đi Vạn Lý Trường Thành. Gặp lại bạn cũ cũng rất vui, bố mẹ ... read more

I'm speechless. This was truly the most amazing experience of my life. For as long as I can remember I have dreamt of seeing the Great Wall of China. It wasn't until recently that I discovered that it was possible to actually hike on remote, unspoiled areas away from the busy tourist spots littered with vendors selling tshirts and other souvenirs. After contacting a guide from a local Beijing hiking club and organizing a few folks from the hotel where I am staying, my dreams became reality. We left early from the hotel and drove 2 hours north through the Chinese countryside and into the mountains where we arrived at a small village tucked into a valley covered with plum trees. There we met our guide - a small Chinese woman in her 40's who did ... read more

This article is dedicated to Yuki and her parental units, for easing the burden for our wallets and route plan making. Actually they have done nearly every thing for us over the last couple of weeks, booked our trains, organised places to stay, fed us extremely well. We set off to China via the very efficient Hong Kong underground. We had heard tales of extremely long waits getting through the passport control at China's boarder, so we went with time to spare to meet Yuki. We was through the control point in under five minutes, and it would have been shorter if they did not pass my passport around, believing that the short spiky haired and chubby faced picture it held, may not be me. So we was here in China. First up Shenzhen. We stayed ... read more

31st August 2006 Today we visited our highlight and reason for coming to Beijing - The Great Wall. There are various areas of the wall that are open to visitors and within reach of Beijing. We chose Simatai, renowned for being steep, picturesque and with the added bonus of being less popular with the coach loads of tourists, due to its location. At around 8am, we caught a bus to Miyun and from there we picked up a taxi which was to take us on our round trip to Simatai. In all the journey was close to 4 hours, but it was worth it. The approaching road teased you with what was to come, the vision of the wall high on the peaks of the mountains above. It already amazed us how such a thing could ... read more

5 hour hike Jiankou-Muntianyu... read more