First day in China featuring The Great Wall of China

China is a fabulous country and we have enjoyed some amazing sights so far!  To start with the flight over was unique and I’ve never seen such a great in-flight entertainment system!  It was almost worth the flight just to try all the channels, movies, and tourism videos! 

 Our first day included a number of superb sights, but the pieste de resistance was definitely the climb of the Great Wall of China.  There was a choice of two sides to climb – one to the west that was much steeper and one to the east that was a little more gentle.  We chose the difficult one and were thrilled to get to the top where #14 Beacon Tower was located!  We were in the shade and so fairly comfortable.  Others were in the sunshine and quite warm.  It was a good thing that we went in the afternoon, when the temperatures were pleasant and it was not so crowded.  Here are a couple of taster pictures.  More will follow when I have slightly easier internet access!