We woke up early (8:30) and ate a ginormous break
fast before heading out to the GREAT WALL. It was a long drive out there. But it was so cool, when we got closer to it, every now and then we would get a glimpse of it up high in the mountains. We finally arrived and bought our tickets. The location we went to was very speicial. We took a chair lift up the mountain and got out on the wall. It was a breath taking morning. Sun was out, a bit windy, and some snow still on the ground. The wall is even cooler up close. We hiked up to the tallest point still intact, which took about 45 minutes to go a quarter mile. It is so crazy how steep some of the sections are .Some places you are using your hands and feet to climb, straight up. We were lucky to come in the morning, and off peak tourist season, so there weren't too many people up there. We got some pictures with no one in the background. David said that was a special treat. The last time he was here it was Summer time,and packed! We made our way back to where started, and couldn't go any further. Our legs were shaking Not that we got such a strenuous work out going up and down, but, going up and down at these inclines used muscles in our legs we didn't know we had. This location was also special, becuase we got to take toboggans down the hill! It was super fast and rickety, but tons of fun! I tried to take some pictures on the way down, but they yelled at us, "No camera!". It was so fun and scary, I wanted to do it again! The rest of the day we just re
laxed. Took a nap and then went to get one last foot massage. We were starving for dinner when we were done, when we stumbled upo
n a, Papa John's Pizza! What a great way to spend the last night here. Eating Papa Johns and a watermelon we bought from a street vendor (and my Starbucks).
We are getting ready to come home now! 12 hour flight ahead of us. Hooray!
Zia Jian!
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