Great Wall

The Badaling section of the Great Wall of China, the only man-made structure I know of that is visible from earth orbit:

 

 

 

 

Of course there were THOUSANDS of other tourists.

But not in all sections

 A hardy little hiker

 Graffiti has been around a long, long time

 There was some occasional steepness

One more item scratched off that Bucket List.

Final China Pictures

Wow, here we are, heading off on another adventure and not yet caught up from May.

Here pics from the Great Wall and Beijing:

 Our hotel in Beijing, the Marriott.  Taken from atop a remaining section of the Old City Wall.

Scenes from the Summer Palace:

The Olympic Stadium  

 

Temple of Heaven 

 People on the subway are not all that different from elsewhere in the world.

 Tiananmen

 We were there just before the 25th anniversary of this iconic image.  Now the square is all nice and clean and a bit spooky to walk around.