An Interesting Trip

 I have been lucky enough to go on some amazing trips, many of them within other holidays. For example, whilst staying in Coyaique a few years ago, my wife and I did a day trip to Aysen. Other trips I've done include Cappadoccia in Turkey when visiting Istambul or Abel Tasman National Park in New Zealand.while I was visiting my brother in Wellington.

The trip I'm going to write about is a day I spent walking along the Great Wall in China. Covid restrictions meant that I didn't get to travel too often whilst in China. However, when my wife and I visited Beijing a trip to see the Great Wall was top of our list.

I researched the different locations close to Beijing and we decided to do a 9-hour hike from Gubeikou to Jinshanling because it was a quieter, less modified section of the wall. We went with a Beijing-based, English-speaking, hiking group. I think the trip cost about 30,000 pesos. This included transport and a guide. We were travelling with 2 German friends and there were about 10 other people on the trip. We left Beijing at about 8am. We reached the entry point to the wall and started hiking. It was a really beautiful, sunny spring day with hardly a cloud in the sky. The walk was amazing with the sections of the wall visible over the hills and mountains for miles ahead and behind. The sections were often different because of gradient or height. Some sections leading up to watchtowers were very, very steep and other with flights of stairs to navigate. I one point we had to get off the wall and follow a path on the far side of the wall for a couple of kilometers were the wall bordered some military land. We stopped for a picnic lunch for 20 minutes, but for pretty much the rest of the 9 hours we walked and took photos, lots of photos. It was a really memorable experiece. A great walk and an epic trip. 


Write about an interesting trip you remember.

Say:

Where you went.

Who you went with.

How you got there,

What you did there,

How long you spent there.

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Comments

  1. You really enjoyed your stay in China, don't you?

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  2. Yes, it was an amazing experience. Living in another culture gives great rewards:)

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  3. there is other country that you like to visit??

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    1. I think I'd like to explore more of Asia. I only know parts of China and a few places in Japan. Both were really interesting.

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  4. How cool, always wanted to visit china

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    1. You are young. You still have time. I first visited a foreign country when I was 20.

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  5. I think I need to visit them when I get back to China next time

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    1. Which part of China are you from?

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    2. I have lived in Guangdong

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    3. Oh! Me too. I lived in Guangzhou for about 14 months. So you speak Cantonese?

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  6. I would like to go to China one day, it must be very beautiful.

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    1. It's big & beautiful. Like Chile, it has lots of different landscapes.

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  7. omg nice trip! what other places would you visit?

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    1. I´d really like to visit Angkor Wat in Cambodia

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  8. it´s Amazing, China is such a cool place, isn't it??

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    1. Yes, very cool. The politics is a bit dodgy at times but the people are lovely and the landscapes are amazing.There are some really futuristic cities & amazing historic temples.

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  9. Wow, was it hard to walk for several hours?

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    1. I love walking. The sun made it more difficult but it was a great day out.

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    1. I hope you can in the future. It´s an amazing country.

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  11. I would love to do the tour of the Chinese wall, I find it very entertaining

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    1. It´s a great experience:) I hope you make it one day.

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  12. Hi Simon, what an interesting and entertaining experience! I love adventures that involve a lot of physical activity :)

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    1. Chile has lots of cool places for this kind of adventure too.

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  13. i would love to walk there, it looks beautiful

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