August 16, 2018
With limited sleep after long day of flying to Beijing and limited sleep in the hostel that night, I opted for a 14 hour tour to Jinshanling portion of the Great Wall. It is a 2 hour drive outside Beijing to get to the sparsely visited section. At any time, you see fewer than 5-8 people hiking up and down and up and down. And up. Lol. I hiked separate from the group to cover more territory. The group walked about 4 miles on the wall and I hiked about 1.5 miles more which is the same as I hiked in 2008 when I was in Jinshanling after 2008 Olympics.
With limited sleep after long day of flying to Beijing and limited sleep in the hostel that night, I opted for a 14 hour tour to Jinshanling portion of the Great Wall. It is a 2 hour drive outside Beijing to get to the sparsely visited section. At any time, you see fewer than 5-8 people hiking up and down and up and down. And up. Lol. I hiked separate from the group to cover more territory. The group walked about 4 miles on the wall and I hiked about 1.5 miles more which is the same as I hiked in 2008 when I was in Jinshanling after 2008 Olympics.
