We have all seen pictures and heard stories of its
magnificence and the experience of being there and reality is more interesting
than pictures and it is absolutely something to have the experience of being
there.
It is an hour and forty-minute drive from Central
Beijing. There seem to be two choices
to get your first and most convenient visit.
One is more popular and more flat.
The other is less crowded and all
warnings about a workout were true. Add
88F and some humidity and it made for a sweaty but amazing afternoon.
I hit Mutianyu at the peak of the heat and got the added
bonus of a open chair lift ride up and a toboggan sled ride back down! No flat stretches at all in this zone of the
wall. You are either going steeply up or
steeply down and you have to reverse to get back to your starting point. And the step height ranged from 3 inches to 2
feet – so it was lots of little steps or rock climbing – WOW hadn’t thought
about it being filled with steps.
And on the return trip back we sat in the Sunday afternoon
traffic snarl – every afternoon, and morning, has one. There never seems to be a day off from
traffic. Or time of day for that matter.
We took a side trip by the Olympic Park on the return as
well. Having just been to London it was
fun to remember 2008 and see some of the structures up close and personal. The park has a great presence and many of
the buildings are large and magnificent.
It deserves more that a drive by and a few hops out of the car to take
some shots – another trip I guess.
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