The Great Wall of China on a perfect day

The Great Wall of China is one of the worlds most amazing places. The Wall runs north of Beijing and there are several places you could go to walk it for a few hours. But to get a genuine experience you need to go a bit further than the common tourist. The stretch between Jinshanling and Simatai is probably the most beautiful part of the Great Wall with lots of nice panoramas of mountains and greenery surrounding it. This part has not been fixed up in the way that the more touristy parts has.

We went here on a perfect beautiful and hot day with clear weather and blue skies.
Our trek started at Jinshanling where our driver dropped us off. Before he left he set us up with a local woman and man from a close by village. They walked the whole trek with us and made sure we were careful and didn't slip on loose bricks. When we got closer to our end destination at Simatai they wanted to sell some t-shirts and postcards as a kind of fee for their service.

The trek took us a total of five hours. At the end we were quite tired, sweaty and our feet were sore, but what an experience! We got some amazing views and have now walked through some of oldest part of the great wall of china.

The Great Wall of China has often been mistaken for one of the Seven Wonders of the World, but its truly one of the present wonders of the world. Its also said to be the only thing built by man that is visible from space, which is false.

We highly recommend a visit!

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[emhs08]

Thank you for a wonderful video! It certainly is a perfect day. Unfortunately my tour there will not be in such nice weather. I'm glad I saw such beautiful views through your lens. =]

[LimeWaveVideo]

@emhs08 Thanks for the kind words. I really do believe it will be a great experience no matter what season you visit the Great wall of China. It's amazing to get to see it and walk on the old cobblestones of the wall.

[HiddenStrangeCookie]

What time in the year is this?

[LimeWaveVideo]

@HiddenStrangeCookie This video was filmed during the summer. July 11, 2007, to be exact

[martababe123]

WOW I love this tHANKS FOR MAKING IT

[LimeWaveVideo]

@martababe123 Thanks. It's was fun making this video. Brings back so many nice memories :-)

[SylvieEvin]

Perfect video :) thanks

[surfinghawaii7mons]

der chinese, der benutzt wird zu sagen, wenn mann den greatwall dann mann erreicht hat, wurde der welt sehen :)

[gadionson1]

Amazing work of man.

[chococaty24]

i went there just before winter last year. best day ever.

[wendy5640]

I'm going here as a foreign exchange student! Well to hong kong, but it's still in china :P

[247lizzy]

awsomely awsome but what about the deserts it crosses????bvut awsomely awsome job!!!!!!:D

[gordonfinancial]

Best Great Wall shot ever.....