A Breathe Taking Experience

Old Feb 6th, 2014, 10:41 AM
  #1  
Original Poster
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 4,080
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
A Breathe Taking Experience

From Beijing we arrange through our hostel an easy and affordable day trip to visit the only man made structure on earth visible from outer space.

We are picked up early and join a group of others for about a three hour drive to the Jinshanling area of “The Great Wall”.

A brief introduction of the area and we are given a few options on how to go about exploring this over 700 year old part of China's history.

It is a beautiful day as we board a cable car for a destination that we never reach but we have a sometimes breathless experience trying to get there. Nonetheless, our journey turns out to be amazingly awesome.


Video:http://youtu.be/ZyGX39zUYzw
DMBTraveler is offline  
Old Feb 6th, 2014, 11:32 AM
  #2  
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 33,288
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
From the title, I thought you were going to write about how bad the air pollution is in Beijing.
Kathie is offline  
Old Feb 6th, 2014, 04:23 PM
  #3  
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 2,854
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Your video's title is a Breathless Experience ...
Shanghainese is offline  
Old Feb 6th, 2014, 09:28 PM
  #4  
Original Poster
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 4,080
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Kathie,

We were fortunate on several visits to Beijing to not have to experience too much of the air pollution.

Having lived in Los Angeles in the 80's, I have suffered through my share of smog alerts.

On the right day visiting Beijing and The Great Wall can be a nice experience.

I hope others are not discouraged from seeing the world from the negative reality or things that are written about a particular place or country.
DMBTraveler is offline  
Old Feb 6th, 2014, 09:34 PM
  #5  
Original Poster
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 4,080
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Shanghainese,

One day maybe I'll become a professional poster like many others here with proper gramma an spellin... or maybe hire a script and/or video editor.

Unfortunately, I spend most of my extra money on travel so I won't be able to pay too much
DMBTraveler is offline  
Old Feb 7th, 2014, 03:55 PM
  #6  
Original Poster
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 4,080
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Descending The Great Wall

Our hike down the wall is just as cool as it was going up although thankfully a lot less strenuous. We do pass a few annoying “show-offs” racing up the same portion that made us almost breathless. Luckily for those “whippersnappers” I did not have my walking cane.

Even though we had seen the same landscape before it is still amazing from a slightly different perspective. In reflecting on our upward journey, we realize the wall is not as wide as we thought it would be but in some portions it was a lot steeper and more difficult to navigate than we expected.

In the end, we are definitely glad we made the journey. From the wall we make a stop for a late lunch then interestingly because of traffic congestion on the outskirts of the city we are given the option to ride the Metro back to our hostel.

Packed in like overweight sardines, riding the Metro at this time of the day was a challenging and fun finish to our day visiting one of China's most prominent landmarks.


Video:http://youtu.be/lSuTSoNFVT4
DMBTraveler is offline  
Old Feb 7th, 2014, 04:59 PM
  #7  
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,500
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
It is a space- based myth that the Great Wall is visible from outer space:

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/wor...reat_wall.html
Marija is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Original Poster
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Norbert
Asia
9
Dec 24th, 2018 12:08 AM
mariposa85
Asia
36
Feb 2nd, 2014 01:36 PM
JulieAgain
Asia
5
Aug 27th, 2010 05:17 PM
gard
Asia
23
Apr 14th, 2006 04:11 PM
travdis
Asia
7
Nov 16th, 2004 05:05 PM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are On


Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Manage Preferences - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information -