When I think of Beijing, I think of a pancake flat city full of old Chinese stuff and a ton of pollution. Reality is a bit different - there is plenty of old Chinese stuff and it is polluted some times but many days the weather is beautiful and the sky blue. We have had hot but great weather for the past week.
Also, while the city is flat, 1-2 hours outside of the city are rings of mountains. One of the guys at work takes his son hiking and exploring on a regular basis. From what I hear, it is really beautiful.
The Great wall of China runs through these mountains. Especially cool for hiking is the areas of the wall that have not been rebuilt for tourist purposes. These are supposed to be amazing - you can walk (carefully) on the crumbling wall in complete solitude. Cannot wait to go.
Cannot wait to explore with you!! Sort of wish I was there now ;) But glad to be at beach...
ReplyDeleteWalking the crumbling Great Wall of China in complete solitude .... sounds like a scene from a very Zen movie. Wonderful! AAAUUUUMMMMmmmmm......
ReplyDeleteLove, Ma