The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China in part to protect the Chinese Empire or its prototypical states against intrusions by various nomadic groups or military incursions by various warlike peoples or forces. Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century BC; these, later joined together and made bigger, stronger, and unified are now collectively referred to as the Great Wall. Especially famous is the wall built between 220–206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains. Since then, the Great Wall has on and off been rebuilt, maintained, and enhanced; the majority of the existing wall was reconstructed during the Ming Dynasty.
We had to choose whether we wanted the crowded but not so steep section of the wall, or the really really really really really really steep section of the wall that was not so crowded. We chose the latter.
On the way up and down the wall, there were senior citizens who were overtaking us (ok, just Miss Ho...). But it was with great relief that we found out senior citizens can get in for free, and that's why they've had so much practise in climbing the Wall.
At the Wall, Rachel became a celebrity - everyone wanted a photo!
We all had a good rest after the climb.
Then it was time to see the Bird's Nest before heading back to the hotel.
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