When I was in Beijing on business, I couldn’t resist visiting one of the seven wonders of the world. The hotel that I was staying at was able to book me onto a tour on short notice. The coach was supposed to be picking me up the next morning but due to the size of the tour (there were only two of us), they decided a car was a better option.
From the centre of Beijing, it’s around forty five miles to the Great Wall of China, so it’s quite a long trip to get there. The driver also insisted stopping at these Jade shops on the way and it really felt that we would never get there, especially with the terrible traffic.
When we did finally arrive, the Great Wall was indeed a great sight. It felt tremendously surreal and I did feel dwarfed by it. There are lots of different sections to the wall that you can visit and I went to the Badalinkg section, which ended up being very touristy but also well preserved.