Early start this morning and off to the Great Wall of China again for me with my group. It took us about two hours to drive there, which was actually quicker than last time. On the way our guide Bobbie attempted to teach us all some Mandarin, she told me I should consider learning it properly as my pronounciation was perfect. I had already tried to learn it before I had left Australia, but I was also trying to learn Russian at the same time and I think in try...

Bright and early start this morning for our trip to the Great Wall of China. Our local guide Alex collected us from the hotel and 7:30am and we drove for three hours out to Jinshanling. Once we got there Alex and I went to acquire the tickets to get in, we distributed them to the group and then we had to hike up to the Wall. The steps were very steep, but we went slowly so it wasn't such a problem. Occasionally we would stop for pictures, you could see p...