A great day on a China wall
And the most important place to visit – a Great Wall of China. First advice – do not go to Badaling section! Why? Because all Asians are going there, because they have this logic that if an object is full – that means it is good. And if it is only you on a wall – it is bad. They are used to be packed in metro, streets, shops and everywhere. For us it is all way around – we love to feel that the wall belongs only to us. So I would recommend to go to Mutianyu section. How to get there? As we are super travelers we were thinking to go on our own, but the last minute we decided to take a tour. Best decision ever. Why? Because otherwise you have to take 3 different buses, that no one speaks English in there, no idea which bus stop you have to leave. Also the bus does not go exactly next to the wall. That means we would have needed to climb around 3 km uphill to reach the place our bus left us. And it is hot, so you do not wanna make even one step more than it is needed. So for us our health and good mood was more important than to save 10 Eur. We got the tour from Beijing walking tours because after we were planing to go to „Free walking tour“ as I do same in Vilnius. So even before reaching the wall we were happy we didn’t go on our own. On the way we found out the history of the Great Wall of China, so we can imagine Mongolians coming from the mountains, trying to take China. Because in general Chinese is peaceful nation. I mean in order not to fight Mongolians they built a wall that is longer than 20000 km! During the constructions so many people died that it is just crazy. So during the tour the bus will get you right next to the hoist – for which you pay extra 13-14 Eur and get on top in 10 mins. For that you do not have to climb 40 mins by yourself. So we had 3 h to enjoy the wall – going up and down, up and down. The feeling is just amazing to be on top, another check – the third wonder of the world for me. 🙂 Even though it was really hot and humid (+33 degrees Celsius). At first we went all the way to the right – to the first watch tower, meanwhile taking many pictures – in this case we were resting a little bit too. BTW, even though Mutianyu is 70 km from Beijing, there is still smog, so you can not see everything clearly. Or was it a fog during the day? So visibility wasn’t the best.
So after 3 hours of climbing and walking on the wall, we were ready to have lunch. The way down is really interesting – you can take a Tobago, when you are going on a metal track, siting on a plastic seat. You are the one that controls the speed, and also the voice reminds passengers „Slow down; Do not stop; No pictures“. So after the tour we got great lunch with our group – western Chinese style 😀 that means that we would like it – sweet and sour and stuff like that.
All in all it was a fun experience that I would recommend to everyone that is around!
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