jinshanling great wall

our director, han bing, has finally returned from his three-week business trip to america. how we have missed him! his homecoming meant that we could make our long awaited journey to the GREAT WALL at jinshanling... a remote part of hebei province where parts of the wall are refurbished, but most still stands in its 700 year old glory. captions later ;)

the small village by the wall where we had lunch and hung out with locals before we climbed. i swear the pig in the second picture could talk. i was infatuated. then the little girls in the third picture are 9 year old twins! beautiful.




jinshanling great wall.. in the hebei valley. this is the great wall like you see it in movies... a dragon snaking along, climbing steeply and then dropping, great calve work out...


my dears looking picturesque! carolina and roomie jen


matching nikons and furry hats. hell yes.


some rougher parts


obligatory group photo. yi... er... sannnnn!