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Off the beaten path?.
I decided to leave the crowds and go to a place where the wall was not renovated and seemed quiet and, who knows why, I wanted to go there. . . At the end of the renovated section, the wall was closed and wardens told me it was forbidden to go beyond. I came back and looked at a staircase going to the cable cart (not in service) and I decided to go down and I quickly was on a small path in the woods on the Mongolian side; I followed this path where nobody could see me from the wall and after one kilometre I was at the foot of a little fort on the wall, far from the renovated section, but I was on the foot, had to climb up somewhere; I followed the wall for another half kilometre and at another small tower I could climb up easily the ruins and I was on the wall, finally, the real wall, in ruins, yes but it was the real one, very quiet (I met nobody), had the wall for me alone, could look at the landscape, look at the stones, dream about what could have happened here or there.
Main picture: Ah, here we are on the un-renovated part of the wall; do these bricks and stones not look more authentic than the ones on the renovated part? And the perspective through the slit (a wide slit, I do not find a correct name for this “window”) is really what I was expecting coming here.
Picture 2: Walking in the woods on the “Mongolian side”, little towers, little forts along the wall.
Picture 3: A little fort seen from the “Mongolian side”; I was already walking in the woods when I could see the fort; from here, it looks seriously as a military construction and from a Mongolian perspective, it looks impressive.
Picture 4: A small pagoda the visitors of the renovated part will not see, hihihi. I like to see that kind of little building isolated in the mountain.
Picture 5:And again, the old wall, the old rocks and the quietude. . . Website: http://badaling.gov.cn/english/history/history.htm
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By all means, make the effort to see sections of the wall that are not overrun by tourists. When I say overrun by tourists, I’m talking about Badaling. Wild sections of the wall include Mutianyu, Simatai, Hoanghua, Jingshanling, Gubeikou and Jiangkou, which is said to be the most dangerous but most scenic section of the wall. They say that the wall is made up with enough bricks to encircle the earth 5 times at the equator. That’s a lot of bricks. Leave a Comment Website: http://badaling.gov.cn/english/history/history.htm
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