This part of the Great Wall is called Mutianyu and it is about an hour outside of Beijing. As you can see from the pictures, the smog had really cleared out on this day and we were so glad! If we had gone the day before we wouldn't have been able to see hardly anything. A cold front had moved through and taken all the smog with it.
We did not climb the steps up to the wall. We took a cable car up and just walking up to the place where you load the cable car was pretty steep itself. Camden absolutely loved being on the Great Wall. This was what he's been waiting for for so long...well that and meeting Benjamin. ;)
When we were done we came down and of course people were selling T-shirts saying, "I climbed The Great Wall". These people were selling the shirts for $1 USD. Why we didn't buy from them I don't know, but we walked on down into the little shops near the entrance and somehow the price had jumped to 242 RMB! We didn't pay this. I held my ground at 130RMB (About $20 USD), but still that was way more than $1 USD. Oh well! Live and learn!
After the Great Wall our guide, Alice, took us to a nearby authentic restaurant that was good and then we headed on to the airport. We were very early for our flight to Guangzhou, but better early than late.
Our flight was a tiny bit delayed, but we still made it to Guangzhou in a timely manner. Once there we met our new guide, Aron, and headed to our hotel. We are staying at The Garden Hotel and it is SOOOO nice! Beautiful lobby, friendly staff and spacious, nice, clean rooms with good beds. What more could a tired family ask for? We didn't go to bed until well after midnight. We meet our boy Monday!!
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