

Beijing, China
A pleasant stroll
We drove to the Jinshanling section of the Great Wall this morning and set off on our 4/5 hour walk. The Great Wall is split into various sections; the most popular with tourists is called Badaling. We went to Jinshanling and Simatai which are less visited. NOT surprising - it damned near killed us, well, me anyway. The wall consists of new and original parts and the original (un-renovated) parts were pretty hair-raising. At times there were n...