The Great Wall is huge as it stretches over more that 8000km. There are many places to view this breathtaking landmark from and I decided to leave Beijing and travel 3 hours North with some travelers from the Backpackers to spend time walking on the wall.
We could see the Wall from far away as it cut through the mountains and the anticipation grew to set foot on this remarkable piece of architecture.
The amount of hard work and years of labour that went in to completing the Great Wall is truly astonishing.
The tour on the wall takes you about 6km (plus 4km to get there and back) and you have roughly 3 hours to complete it at your own pace. This is more than enough time to appreciate the perfection put into the completion of this spectacular piece of history. The views are even more magnificent and the weather was perfect.
I couldn’t have asked for a better day and more rewarding experience. Walking only 6km on the wall was well worth it and I wished I could have walked further on into the mountains. There are parts where the wall has been restored and others where it’s still in its original form.
The long route to the Wall paid off and I wanted to continue the route north jumping on a train to Mongolia or any part of this vast country. My visit to what I thought to be a distant part of the world was short lived and it was back south by train and ferry to return to South Korea for Monday work.
I only touched the surface of what is an extremely interesting country and I would love to one day return and jump on that train.
