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Oh my god what an amazing day with a lot of walking again, we went to se the great wall of china in Badaling. we had to take the metro again and then a train that took half an hour (which cost 3.50 for first class and the leg room was amazing this place is so cheap) once we got the we approached the wall at this point becky was wondering what the big deal about the wall actually was because it was amazing but still it was just a wall ha ha. Then she began to walk it and then you begin to se how amazing it actually is and how it would of took a lot of strength and stamina to actually build it. the length of it is crazy we couldnt actually se the whole of the wall it actually runs threw all the way to the dessert, and it is so staep it took us 1 hour to walk the part we walked and that is probably the smallest fraction of the wall it was so tiring. on the way back down the wall it wasnt to bad asit was down hill, we also bought a painting as a souveneir why was made by a man that actually painted it with only his finger which we thought was amazing. we haggled it down from 30 pond to 18 so we were pretty pleased with ourselves as we'v never tried haggaling before.
after the wall we went to the circle vision theatre outside of the wall which we arrived really late infact as we got there thay were just closing so werent to impressed to see us arrive but let us in anyway. it was basically a short movie about the history of the great wall which crcled around the room to give you the fell of being there so was pretty cool. then we made it back to the train statioin which we had to wait 2 hours for the next train we werent impressed as we now were going to miss the fee bbq at the hostel and we were starving ( plus we were both wanting a mcDonalds which we cant find :( )On the train we met a couple from the wirral so nobody can say that beckys lost her accent that much because they recognised it (well they have been travelling for 7 months already and sounds as if theyv completely lost theres) so they gave us some tips on travelling and working in Australia as they only have one more week left of there trip, but we'v decided to to take much of there advise as they' had to bailed out twice as they ran out of money and had to call home to ask people to take loans out for them, which im guessing none of you lot will be to happy with that ha ha. oh also joe wants to mention about the boy in the train station that pissed himself it was a really funny site to see his mum hit him and then watch some chinese guy then sit in it he he.
so after a long day we came back to the hostel and went straight to bed, so today were going to have a realxing day as were both sore from all the waliking and maybe later on on do a bit of shopping.
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andy Well done ! You are so brave and adventurous! These are great pictures of the Great Wall! Which reminds me... I should go through my India pictures and post some. Having read this I thought it was rather informative. I appreciate you finding the time and energy to put this article together. I once again find myself personally spending a significant amount of time both reading and leaving comments. But so what, it was still worth it! In return, I also found a great blog of Great Wall travel tips, I'd love to share it here with you and for future travelers. http://www.wildgreatwall.com/which-part-of-the-great-wall-is-the-best-to-visit/