
by ibizaspain
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I was excited to visit Beijing for the main reason that it is where the Great Wall is located. It was more cold than what I experience in Shanghai.
From the hotel we drove for about an hour. The Great Wall was situated in the mountains of Beijing. There was a tall Chinese flag at the entrance.The entrance gate has the rotating bars like the ones we use in the train stations. I did not bother to talk to anybody since the personnel does not know how to speak english.
Not all of Great Wall is open to the public. Only selected
areas. I was very determined to walk the area where I was at to have this experience worthwhile. The Great Wall has stairs and has a flat area. In the area where it has some compartments has stairs but mostly it was flat. The stairs were very steep because the Wall was built on mountain ranges so they have to utilized whatever space they had. It was really intense when you ascend the stairs. I was wearing three layers of clothing because it was winter and my hands has gloves. My left hand was holding my digital camera and my ...