Great Wall - China

We spent a long day hiking up and down and along a 10 km section of the Great Wall near Mutianyu. It is an amazing feeling to be there early in the morning and be among the first to walk along the top of the wall as it winds over the mountains as far as you can see in both directions.

The stones of the wall are not laid horizontally but rather they are laid parallel to the ground at any given point. The steepness of the wall is most evident when the walls are viewed relative to the horizontal steps.