Today I had a VERY big day. I got up nice and early, and went to the Great Wall of China, and I have to say, I am very impressed. It really is great.
Instead of going on a tour, we just caught a bus to the wall, and paid our entrance and sliding car fee, which I think worked out really well for everyone!!
We started the day with a sliding car ride up to the wall itself which was like a mini roller coaster, and it was seriously freezing. With the wind chill factor, it was less than negative 20 degrees.
It was really beautiful though. One of the greatest views of my whole trip. It was kind of surreal standing on something so iconic.
The sliding car down was awesome too, downhill with turns and stuff. I think our ride driver liked us because he let us go pretty fast around corners!
For some reason, there were also some sunbears, just chilling in an enclosure at the bottom of the wall. We still have no idea what they were doing there...
After the wall, a few of us were still feeling adventurous, and so we headed to the Lama Temple and Confucius Temples. They were nearby to each other, so we wizzed through both, but we were freezing freezing cold, so just headed back.
The Lama Temple was quite cool, as they gave you a box of incense to burn at various locations around the area. The smell of incense is still in my gloves!
The Confucian Temple had a real feeling of learning about it, with ancient trees and stone carvings everywhere.
Tomorrow, the Forbidden City xx