At the base of a watch tower
We arrived in Datong by train from Xian, it took about 15 hours. We reached Datong at approximately 2:30pm and after a ride in a cellotape made taxi we arrived at our hotel.
We checked into our room and for the rest of the day were just resting. It was the next day that was very exciting as at 10:30am a car came for us to take us to the Great Wall of China, we left at about 11:00am to go to the first site of where we would see one of Chinas many beauty’s. When we got to the great wall we drove through these big gates and once we were through them our driver parked the car. We walked around the great beauty ourselves, at the first site we also saw lots of little houses made of muddy clay it was kind of like a little village and there was lots of people around. One man we came across said hello in mandarin to us and then was speechless for words so we just walked off, him still grinning at us. We looked at the wall as well as climbing it and walking through it. In fact there was one part where you had to climb up this steep hill (made of that clay stuff) and then you were on top of the wall. Only we think the first site was a fort for the great wall but anyway back in the car and off to site two - it was amazing!!! We climbed a lot there and there was even this one hill which only my dad climbed as it was too steep. There was also many that all of us climbed and being there reminded me of when we were traveling through outback Australia. The Great Wall of China was very fun and being there made me very happy. It was about an hours drive back to the center of Datong, which by the way has 3 million people in it - that is more than all the people in Mongolia where we are off to next.
We checked into our room and for the rest of the day were just resting. It was the next day that was very exciting as at 10:30am a car came for us to take us to the Great Wall of China, we left at about 11:00am to go to the first site of where we would see one of Chinas many beauty’s. When we got to the great wall we drove through these big gates and once we were through them our driver parked the car. We walked around the great beauty ourselves, at the first site we also saw lots of little houses made of muddy clay it was kind of like a little village and there was lots of people around. One man we came across said hello in mandarin to us and then was speechless for words so we just walked off, him still grinning at us. We looked at the wall as well as climbing it and walking through it. In fact there was one part where you had to climb up this steep hill (made of that clay stuff) and then you were on top of the wall. Only we think the first site was a fort for the great wall but anyway back in the car and off to site two - it was amazing!!! We climbed a lot there and there was even this one hill which only my dad climbed as it was too steep. There was also many that all of us climbed and being there reminded me of when we were traveling through outback Australia. The Great Wall of China was very fun and being there made me very happy. It was about an hours drive back to the center of Datong, which by the way has 3 million people in it - that is more than all the people in Mongolia where we are off to next.
Earth fortress - part of the Great Wall defences
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