Tag Archives: Beijing

Dailypics 6/2/10: All Along The Watchtowers

My favorite part of the hike were the guard station / watchtowers that were placed every so often along the wall…

Dailypics 6/1/10: Wild Wall

Rather quickly, the tourist-friendly portion of the wall faded into the distance, and we were faced with a difficult trek across the remains of the Great Wall.

Dailypics 5/31/10: Great Wall @ Mutianyu

31 May ’10

I flew up to Beijing this past weekend for Will’s bachelor party. The stag events started Saturday morning with an epic 4 hour hike along the Great Wall. Pics of this adventure will be posted here all week. First, what … Continue reading →

Beijing

6 Feb ’10

Dailypic 11/2/09: Wheelchair man

2 Nov ’09

Took a walk one morning in Beijing and found this man peacefully sitting in his wheelchair, watching the world go by.

Dailypics 11/1/09: Tiananmen

1 Nov ’09

We paid Mao a visit at the world’s biggest public square:

Dailypics 10/31/09: Great Wall

31 Oct ’09

We visited the Mutianyu wall which wasn’t very touristy – after walking 5 minutes we were pretty much alone. I didn’t realize how steep the wall was: The crew – taken with timer We also explored into the ‘wild wall’ … Continue reading →