The Great Wall at Badaling

19th September 2006

Badaling is about 1.5 hours' drive from Beijing city. The visit was defintely one of the highlights of our recent 7-day tour of Beijing, Tianjing and Chengde with my wife, daughter, mum and aunt.

This photo was taken at the base of the climb. The climb up this section of the Wall was a reasonable climb and most visitors that day managed to reach the 2nd Tower.

I struggled and managed to reach the 3rd Tower. My wife and daughter managed to reach the 5th Tower, the top of this section. But for some reason, they lost their way on the way down and came down on the "other" side of the mountain. They had to take a cab back to our tour bus. Cost them 10 yuan and a lot of embarrassment.