China

Day 5 - Great Wall of China

22nd September 2025

万里长城

Part 1 - Steep Climbs & Milipedes

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Day 1 - London to Amsterdam	Day 2 - Beijing Arrival	Day 3 - Beijing - Summer Palace
Day 4 - Beijing - Temple of Heaven	Day 5 - Great Wall of China	Day 6 - Forbidden City
Day 7 - to Xi'an	Day 8 - Terracotta Army	Day 9 - Around Xi'an
Day 10 - to Chengdu & People's Park	Day 11 - Panda Breeding Centre	Day 12 - to Shanghai & Boat
Day 13 - Shanghai	Day 14 - to Home

The view from the new hotel was slightly less impressive...

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Great Wall 7

It was a hot and steep 4.3 mile climb & walk; Miche taking a breather at the high point...

Great Wall 8

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Great Wall 10

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Great Wall 12

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Great Wall 13

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Great Wall 14

One of the many large milipedes on the wall and the climb up to it - quite a few had come a cropper, but this chap was going strong...

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Great Wall 17

Next - Day 5 - Part 2 - Great Wall & Acrobats

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Day 1 - London to Amsterdam	Day 2 - Beijing Arrival	Day 3 - Beijing - Summer Palace
Day 4 - Beijing - Temple of Heaven	Day 5 - Great Wall of China	Day 6 - Forbidden City
Day 7 - to Xi'an	Day 8 - Terracotta Army	Day 9 - Around Xi'an
Day 10 - to Chengdu & People's Park	Day 11 - Panda Breeding Centre	Day 12 - to Shanghai & Boat
Day 13 - Shanghai	Day 14 - to Home