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Down by the Beijing, where the watermelons grow...
... ourselves. See, China doesn't really have a "wilderness rescue service" so, if you decide to go off the grid, you do so knowing that no one is coming to your rescue if you sprain an ankle or break a leg. Once reaching the Mutianyu section, we started coming across other, mostly Chinese, tourists. Something that you see a lot, are Chinese girls with giant heels and/or platform shoes on tourists sites. It's a Thing! I don't know why, but about a quarter of ...
The Great Wall of China Day
... boiling hot and we were soon soaked through with sweat. The further we went the more the wall fell into disrepair, getting more and more difficult to traverse.
The views from the top were beautiful, it was really misty (smoggy?) so it seemed quite unearthly and for a while we were the only people we could see. We'd been walking pretty fast and left the rest of our group behind, but as we started having to climb more and more and more steps they caught us up. We kept going ...
CHENGDE: CHINESE VILLAGE OF 500,000
... a city person, so I’d rate my previous time in Guanxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan as not only my favorites in China, but some of the best times of my entire life. I’d like to go to Tibet before it changes beyond recognition. But first I have to go back to Beijing.
So I catch the mini-bus out of Chengde railway station, not knowing where it’ll drop me off in Beijing, only knowing it’s certainly easier to get to than the ...
Bashang Plateau (Day 2)
... of the sunrise. Sorry if you were expecting any.
I didn't know what time breakfast was, so I just slept in until Wang Laoshi knocked on our door and told us it was time to leave. I guess I missed breakfast. On the bus, one of the students offered me some extra food she had packed away, which was nice. This morning, all of us were headed to the 坝上草原娱 ;乐场 ...
Bashang Plateau (Day 1)
... all of a sudden, these men and women arrive, each of them tugging along 3 or 4 horses each. I had never ridden a horse before, so I was super nervous. I didn't know how I was supposed to get on the horse or how I was supposed to control it or tell it how to move. Though, once you're actually on the horse and moving around on it, it wasn't that bad.
Riding these horses on the prairie ...
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