Walking on the Great Wall

There are 3 main places around Beijing to visit the Great Wall. We chose the section around Jinshaling because from there you can walk 10km along the wall to Simatai. The added bonus is that because it takes longer to get there it sees far fewer tourists and has far less stupid attractions. There were probably 120 people or so with the same idea as us, but because the wall is so great we hardly saw any of them. I have to say that it's one of those places that will definitely exceed expectations, with the most amazing scenery everywhere you look. It's unbelievable how they managed to build it where they did. It literally travels the whole way along the highest range. I can just picture the project manager (about 2000 years ago) having a little chat with his supervisors. "Right men, you see those mountains over there. What I want is a wall that courses it's way along the highest of them. Don't stop until I tell you to and make it snappy!"