Pretty cool experience. Very different than I imagined, however. I guess my American engrained love of convenience (the same one that makes me cringe when I have to walk up six flights of stairs to my dorm room) led me to falsely imagine that our bus would pull up to a wall sitting in right in front of us and we would get out take a few pics and leave. What I did not imagine was being dropped off at the base of a small mountain and having to hike a little over an hour in 90 degree weather to reach the wall. It was well worth it though. Great views all around and an incredibly cool feat of human engineering. I also learned that the "greatness" also comes from its length not its height, which don't get me wrong wasn't anything to scoff at but not quite as high as I was expecting. I guess after watching game of thrones my views on walls has slightly changed. Granted as we were climbing to the wall I had to comment to my friend how I found the entire wall's construction pointless given the fact that had I been an invading army, in a time without cars, I would've gotten so tired and fed up climbing up the mountains that I would've turned around and invaded somewhere else (I hear Russia's great this time of year). All in all very fun and a great experience.
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| J chillin on the Great Wall. Can you say prof pic?! |
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