Blogs from The Great Wall, China, Asia

China is a place of beauty filled with incredible sights, mountain and deserts. It has some of the most beautiful landmarks in the world and has proven to be a choice destination for tourist of all kinds. Adventure seekers from all over have discovered the many fascinations China has to offer. So for your next adventure be sure to check out some of these places in China; The Great Wall of China This is one of the Seven Wonders of the World and walking or hiking the Great Wall should be seen as a personal once in a lifetime accomplishment. The Wall is divided into about 14 segments and this means that you can choose what area to explore. Parts of the wall are very steep and tough to climb but if you are not interested ... read more

I apologize for being so behind in this blog and with pictures. We have very little down time and getting on the Internet is not always reliable. I will recount our day on Thursday. It was a very long day! We left the hotel at 8:30 after putting our checked bags out at 7:00. The sun was out and it looked like we were going to have a lovely, clear, warm day. Our first stop was at a fresh water pearl factory. Neither of us are fans of pearls but we did buy some " magic potion" made from pearl dust that is going to make us look many years younger. You won't recognize us when we get home. LOL! Next stop was the Summer Palace of the Emperor. This was a very enjoyable time as ... read more

It was good to leave Chengdu. We got up at 5.40am and I got ready to leave Chengdu for the bus to take us to the train, which was really exciting because 5 weeks is way too long. The Great Wall was super long. It is the longest wall I've ever seen. Although I think half of it was fake, it was really cool to see one of the 7 Wonders of the World. We went on a sun set tour and found out that the original wall was stuck together with some things including sticky rice. Part of the wall was lit up at night and it looked very cool. It was a once in a lifetime experience, thank you so much Yashoda, Lisa and Alan.... read more

Carrying on with the 4th day of our tour of North Korea for the first time we actually left Pyongyang. This brought up some new rules - like you can't take photos of the roadway or countryside while inside the bus. But for some reason nobody batted an eye while we were out of the bus. We were driving to Nampo which is on the west coast, on our first bit of ridiculous North Korean highway. The highways are 8-10 lanes wide. No markings, no traffic, no maintenance, and very very rough. It's difficult to make any kind of decent speed as the vehicle is bouncing around and swerving around the roughest parts. The reason the roads are so big is to be used to move military equipment in case that becomes necessary. I had also ... read more

Total miracle I am REALLY here. Yes!... read more