The Great Wall of China: One of the New 7 Wonders of the World

The Magnificent Great Wall

I'm currently in Beijing and visited the Great Wall of China (Badaling) yesterday. It was incredibly mind blowing. It is believed that the Great Wall is one of the few man made structures back in ancient dynasty. However, until today it is still a myth and nobody really knows how this great wall was built. This wall is about 8,850 kilometers in length and runs across the Northern Chinese frontier a the Southern edge of the Mongolian plain, from Hebei province in the East of Gansu province in the West.

According to our tour guide, this wall was built by the different dynaties, beginning with Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin Dynasty. The wall then continue to be built until the Ming Dynasty.

There were different sections of the Great Wall where visitors could climb and hike on. We visited the Badaling (八达岭 – bā dá lǐng) section. I believe this section was the easiest as most of the steps were well developed for walking. 

The entrance to the Badaling section of Great Wall

Door to the entrance

Exit from the Great Wall

However,  it was packed with people on that section of the wall. Be prepared to be pushed by people. Tourist from other parts of China and the world came with their family to hike the great wall. The sun was blazing hot that day, some of us even got sunburns.

Nervado and his hat

Me on the Great Wall

Camila on the Great Wall

John on the Great Wall

Look at the number of people on the wall. 

We hiked all the way to the 5th tower and went down on a mini roller coaster.

The mini roller coasters

John all buckled up for the ride

They bought the hats made out of coconut

The after look of the climb up the Great wall