Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So I come to the last day of our trip, with a visit to the Mu Tian Yu section of Great Wall of China which is 70 km from Beijing. It is a beautifully restored section of the wall running along a mountain ridge, and is accessed via a cable car. Why an Emperor, however paranoid, would build a huge defensive wall on top of a very steep mountain ridge is beyond me, but there it is! A last observation is that it makes sense to do the typical tourist circuit starting in Shanghai, and ending at Beijing, because the quality of the experience of the places visited increases, and climaxes well in Xi'an followed by Beijing. The journey in the reverse direction would be an anticlimax, I feel. On our way, we visited a cloisonne factory on the outskirts of Beijing, and had a tour of the place: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2828.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2821.jpg.html The Great Wall of China, Mu Tian Yu Section. Even here, surprisingly, in the countryside, with all the greenery, there were no birds to be seen or heard: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2415.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2424.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2869.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2890.jpg.html People on the wall: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2431.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2447.jpg.html Two studies of a section of the wall - one a wider view than the other, and with human content as well: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2884.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2456.jpg.html Please see LARGE Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome Cheers Jayanand