By the end of October the company to go to Beijing just to have a 3-day training opportunities, heart Qiexi: at least had a chance to breathe out, can be got to get it done. So they started a few weeks in advance to prepare. This time my destination was the Great Wall and the Fragrant Hills to make up for the last two spots did not put it on a clean sweep of regret :-)
Climbing the Great Wall of basic as two locations: Simatai and Jinshanling. Search the forum on the introduction of the article is determined to opt for the latter: from Jinshanling Simatai walk. This period of the Great Wall about 10 km, there is no Simatai section of the steep terrain but also to maintain the integrity of the Great Wall of wild style, and then winter temperatures, taking into account the individual physical and other factors, at this time should be a better choice than Simatai.
... ... (Here omitted a few hundred words, describing the collection of traffic lines, contact telephone number, attractions described the process:)
Time flies, arrived at the starting of that day. Got up early, breakfast and a hurried departure from the hotel, rushed to the nearby Xizhimen long-distance bus terminal, happened at the gate to catch up with an air-conditioned minibus to Chengde, Chengde toward the territory is not in the Jinshanling.
Beijing these days, the weather was so good, sunny, my heart to move forward with the car and flying up. After more than three hours of driving, at around 11:30, I finally stood in Jinshanling Great Wall in the national highway at the door. Now is the off-season tour of the Great Wall, the gate sparse few people, on the one side directly to your tickets at Jinshanling, listening to the driver that the original impulse can also be directly dispense the tickets in the past, but now pipes tightened. The dig had obediently 30 dollars buys you a ticket.
From the foot of the mountains to the Jinshanling Great Wall Jinshanling section of the mountains still to climb the steps, the mountain is still pretty steep, and I had just climbed half started a little breathless, faint, say less than the Great Wall of non-hero, the original as long as from the Rendezvous on the foot of the mountain climb the Great Wall can be said that he is a hero; =)
Finally climbed the Great Wall tower, and indeed the same as with the dream of the Great Wall. I Jimuyuantiao, mountains and meandering, the Great Wall is like a dragon-like V being in the mountains, when hidden, at times, but no end. Enjoy the finished picture, I started to sit on the steps of watch tower to enjoy lunch for the afternoon's march physical savings.
In accordance with the driver and online articles tips, it should be to the left, or east, and said that the Simatai direction, otherwise nothing in common, although it could go Simatai, you'd become Around the World in 80 Days:)
After a period of significant repairs walked the Great Wall, wild heritage of the Great Wall began to emerge, brick cutting is no longer the same color blue face white lines everywhere quickly and broken bricks of white powder inside. Gradually watch tower is no longer the beginning, like the television the perfect style, become incomplete, everywhere is the time characterization of the scene. Perhaps this is the real, authentic, build the Great Wall in the hands of the ancients bar.
At first count watch tower is also thinking about the number of pairs of tickets on the shining road map for easy identification to identify their names, what a small Jinshan, Western Taiwan, Eastern Taiwan, what, and gradually, in the end not remember which one watch tower of the , simply whether it, so go on.
Then it is found climbing the Great Wall is actually more than to be easy, because one would be a downhill slope at the Great Wall is like a naughty child, etc. When you are tired Buxing Le uphill, and gave you a comfortable flat road and downhill, so you can always insist on forward.
There is a watch tower is fun, go up the tower were broken, and only a few feet brick pad in there, people have hands and feet to climb, until the other side, it was found earlier also broken down the ladder, and below ground, nearly and two meters high, it can not directly jump, because the entrance is opposite the mountain slopes, the direct jump will certainly hurt the feet, maybe even rolling down the hillside. But if the towers have to go back around to go back a big-way to settle old scores. Finally decided to venture to climb even further. Carefully, and finally, under this tower, Oh, leg length is the Well:)
Basically, just hit in front of a mountain tribe hawkers and recovery:), then I can catch up with a bunch of foreigners, seems to be a tour group, and even went to England, a kind of two, in fact, just want him to help me According to Zhang, like, hey, to not live our international friends of the good. Later, with a small group in Germany come to chat with, they may own a Chinese travel together, and there is no tour guides arrangements, own design line, and have been playing for over two weeks. Walked, the German guy talking about, and so his companions behind, I'll go first had.
After 3 hours of the trip, at 3 pm I finally arrived at Simatai. Jinshanling separated between it and a reservoir, looking back across the Jinshanling, mixed with pride in the hearts of the sore feet raised spontaneously. I finally came, and the Great Wall!

Route Tip: to Jinshanling Great Wall, there are several routes, but depending on the time to be a different choice.
1. Season in the International Hotel Jianguomen 7:50 a trip to the coach directly to Jinshanling (half-way stop Simatai), 16:00 to Jinshanling back to the International Hotel. Fares 90 yuan, to be scheduled in advance tickets can be made to 114 head coaches ask the bus scheduling tel. Remember that only have until October 15.
2. If you are not afraid of get up early, but also catch the 7:16 pm train to Xizhimen Gubeikou, station to buy tickets for 30 yuan Jinshanling can save ticket to a taxi to the Jinshanling gubeikou
3. Follow me to the long-distance bus terminal on the Xizhimen to Chengde, a long distance, so that drivers in the country Jinshanling crossing parking, fares 30 yuan, and every half hour car trip and convenient. To the rear, will be another to spend 10 yuan playing surface outside the main entrance to Jinshanling. About 3 hours on the road to be
4. To the Jinshanling Great Wall, the secret is to see the forks Road to turn left after the tower to the left, which is to Simatai direction. (With face drivers and the old woman selling album for the card:)
Back to Beijing from Simatai Simatai foot of the mountains in noodle hit 20 yuan to 101 crossing the country, more suitable for a few people carpool, but the off-season is hard to find people. I happen to run into a motorcycle, 10 yuan Gaoding. In the National Road can easily be stopped to go to Beijing's long-distance car, about 25 yuan.

Admission Tip:
1. Jinshanling Admission: 30 yuan.
2. Simatai Admission: 30 yuan. (This ticket most injustice)
3. Reservoir pontoon: 5 yuan. (More baffling)
4. Simatai aerial ropeway: 30 yuan (which can be a trial, I feel near misses, but still hesitated before trying to get to make up its mind Kakushin:)

Diet Tip:
Bring their own lunch at the watch tower on the best food, drink at least 2 bottles, there is better fruit.

Safety Tip: Another result of visitors to the scarcity of money, the best little band.

Author: willz02