A Pretty Great Wall

5:30 is a pretty early morning, but we struggled out of bed and made it to our bus to the wall.  We got the bus to JingShanLi where a cable car dropped us off on the wall and we took the 8km hike along the wall to Simitao.

It was stunning, the trip was worth it just to see the scenic hills and mountains that were as far as the eye could see in every direction, never mind the wall snaking it's way across the top of them.  Under the hot sun and clear blue skies the walk took us across many steep climbs and descents, including some 5 foot drops onto the wall from the towers.

At the end of the walk we needed to descend from the wall to catch our bus back to the city.  We had two options and decided to take the zipline rather than the 20min walk, hooked on together we made the drop and took a boat to catch our bus.  We finished the day with a few beers and a posh meal.