Two days ago, we woke up at the ungodly hour of 6 am to make the trek to the great wall. We jumped in a very cramped bus and drove for three hours before arriving at Jinshanling where we started our walk. We walked for about 10km on the wall all the way to Simatai. The scenery was breathtaking and we took about an hour to do the first two kilometers until we caught up with our guide who promptly scolded us for walking so slowly. Some parts of the wall were more like climbing a ladder than walking up steps, but we were rewarded after four hours with a zipline over a reservoir to the finish in Simatai.
Other Beijing highlights include the Summer Palace, Forbidden City, Beihei park, seeing our french-canadian friends Andre and Tonny and sharing a whole delicious roasted duck, crepe-ish egg and dumpling street food for 2.5 yuan, roughly 40 cents (so good we thought we would mention that again), riding bikes around the city, and the beautiful weather.
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Thank you for the update!!! Your pictures and commentary are amazing! Did you do the university lecture? Safe travels!
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Dr. and Ms. Gillispie-Labote and Mr. and Dr. Farley Gillispie are here viewing your pix. Dudududududu and Kerri/how cute are the matching snorers! Hostels are the way to go. The world is small and you help to make it so. We love your photos, keep 'em coming!!!!!!
The tortilla egg breakfast thing was my favorite ever. Looks like you two are having a great time. I did the same zip line at the end of the wall.
Thank you for the postcard--that Mongolian baby could have easily been the Kerbear. Clay is very well--five teeth, crawling, playing hard, and ready for meat products. Speaking of which, what's the strangest food you've encountered? We had a great visit with Gramps and Grandma this past weekend. Michiko opened up a Yoga Shop at the studio and we're partners in it with another couple--we'll take our chances as very small business owners before letting Wall St. and Congress buy more cigars with our limited ducket$! All right, I'm kind of caught up on your travels--the Russian-Mongolian leg sounds exciting. Awesome photos, I love seeing the wild backcountry. When y'all are back and flat broke, I'll pay you to build us one of those wood-fired wet saunas in our backyard. And what was up with the human skull, a little creepy?! onward with joy, Chase
OMG I miss you guys! You look like you're having an amazing trip and I heart you both tons. Bring me back some dumplings from the Motherland, eh? Bisous!
No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby-so helpless and so ridiculous.
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