A great day at the Great Wall Todays plan: go for a hike, starting at the old part of the wall in a village called Jiankou and ending at the touristic area of Mutianyu. The hike itself seems to be not that big problem for us but the logistics. Why? Jiankou is an area north of the wall with several villages Xizhazi 1 to Xizhazi 6, about 100km away from Beijing. Mutianyu is a village south of the wall. The tour starts at Xizhazi 2 without any signs. Access to this part of the wall is restricted. Before we could start the tour we had to research GPS waypoints, village names in chinese characters, bus lines, time tables and so on. Absolutely time consuming! ... don't try to ask a taxi driver for Xizhazi 2. Always
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