The day started out wet, cold, and just a little miserable! We were all a bit weary at the thought of the climbing ahead. Magically though, as we pulled away from the hotel in our bus, the rain stopped and the clouds cleared, giving us a pretty spectacular day which is something for China… It was so clear that we could see the Beijing…
Well day 2 on the wall was an epic effort! After our 2 hour bus trip out of Beijing, we landed on the Jinshaling section of the wall, northern pass gate Gubeikou ready for a 16km trek. It started off quite hot, with a steep mountain climb through the bush to get to the wall. This was a little tough…
After our first few hours on the Wall yesterday afternoon, we spent the night in a magical little lodge high up in the mountains. Breathtakingly beautiful and very serene. We are all pretty pumped about this walk and our first taste of many many steps yesterday gave us a good indication of what the rest of the trek is going…
Faithfull Living 