The Great Wall really is great! All you have to do is ignore all the tourists, ignore all the walking and dodgy stairs, ignore the smelly toilets, ignore the haze, ignore the many many stalls ripping off innocent tourists… 八达岭长城真的极好的！

走走，走到一只不停

We set off at 8am and arrived at 八达岭长城 (Badaling) around 9:30am. We bought some supplies (snacks and water) and headed to the entrance. There were a crazy number of tourists including the 12 coaches from 语言大学 (BLCU)! After walking along the wall in the sea of people for about 5-10 minutes, we decided to head in the other direction where it seemed to have a lot less people.

And so the journey begins…

我们跟北京语学生去八达岭，到哪里我么都分开自己走
另外一边有很多旅游团，所以我们回转走另一边

我们爬越高就见到越少人风景越漂亮！It seemed as if the further up we went, the better the view became (and this wasn’t just because there was a lot less people either!). There’s really not much else to say because you have to be there yourself to know what I’m talking about, and the photos aren’t even comparable to what you can experience…

累死了！！来到北京我有那么多运动机会~

We had to head back to the coach by 2:15pm so it didn’t really give us much time. But I’ll definitely be going back to climb the 长城 again!!

PS. Beijing coffee sucks ass! If you want great coffee, go to Starbucks even if it does cost 31RMB for a medium mocha frappachino! But hey, it’s all good after conversion ^_-

八达岭长城征服了！！