Great Wall of China (長城) + some other sights

October 19, 2009

Posted in: China, Vacation

In part of the Beijing stay, I also went to visit the Great Wall of China on a tour group.

We were taken to one section of the Great Wall.  The thing about tour groups is that each visit they only give you so little time for sight seeing, and so much time in commercial areas.

The beginning. The stairs going up is packed.

What I hated about this tour group is that they all push.  Just getting off the bus is compared to my video of getting on the ShenZhen bus.  Ok, I am exaggerating.  But they still push and shove.  I don’t see the reason for rushing.

When it came to climbing the Great Wall, these people are just picking a fight.  They literally push you out of the way on the stairs.   They are like “douchebags wearing Tapout shirts”.  Hey that’s me!

As I climbed higher, there are less people.   And less douchebags.

Me at the very end of the section

Eating lunch was the worst.  We had to sit in a round table in groups of ten.  Now, it is worst when you are eating with Chinamen.  Correction, middle-age Chinamen…

“Yo woman! Where’s our food!”

Food comes, but no rice.

“Where the F**K is the rice? I can’t eat this shit without rice!!”

And when the rice comes, it is a bunch of middle-age Chinamen fighting over the scoop.   One guy probably used his hands to scoop out rice (I’m kidding, well, I hope I am).   One Chinawoman scooped out rice and then used to her hand to throw in excess rice back into the bowl.  Ewww…I haven’t scooped my rice yet…

I don’t know and don’t care about the next few areas shown below, which also means I don’t remember the names.

This first place is where a princess was buried.

This second place is a temple.

Used for praying