Day 3- The Great Wall

Today our group met at 9am to bus it 2 hours to the Mutanyiax (not sure of the spelling right now) area of The Great Wall. It is a less crowed place to get a glimpse of the Chinese beast of a wall. When we got there I didn't really know what to expect because from the base of the mountains I couldn't really see the wall and it just looked like a hike up a big hill. So we walked our way through a few stalls of locals trying to sell us goods and started our trek up. It was about a 30 minute walk up the mountain to our first section of wall. WOW! I can't even describe how amazing I felt standing on the wall. Until the last year I don't remember a time where I ever thought that I would be stand on the Great Wall of China. Our view was a little stunted because of the fog but it was still beautiful. We walked along it for almost an hour and could have kept going forever. There are towers (turrets) spread out along the wall, so we would walk up the stairs then rest in the tower and enjoy the breeze. Often in the towers we would see other tourists or locals and chit chat then be on our way again. The view from off the wall was just miles of mountains and little towns off in the distance.

In total I was on the wall for about 2 hours then I opted to take the cable car down while others went down on a giant slide. Overall it was a pretty cool experience.