This place is amazing. We went by tour bus to Badaling, which it is one of the most crowded for the wall, but the people were as much a part of the adventure as the wall itself. People from every place on the globe mixed in with the Chinese, who are for me the most comfortable, funny bunch of people I have come across. Had to stop along the way a number of times for 'family' photos, they hug you like a long lost relative while a family member takes the photo.
At the end I picked out a t-shirt with a drawing of the wall and the English words 'I climbed the Great Wall.' I bargained for the shirt and got a good price. The lady gave it to me in the plastic wrapper and when I got to the bus and had a look...she gave me the one with the writing in Chinese! So not only did I climb the wall I have a shirt in Chinese to prove it.
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