Beijing has a population over 24million and the summer holidays bring tourists from all over China to the capital. It's a humid, smoggy, hectic city.
We spent our first proper day in Beijing exploring the city's most famous sights (with thousands of other tourists) including Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Lama Temple in Yonghegong, and wandered along some of the city's many Hutongs, before calling it a night at a roof top bar. On day two we headed 2 hours north of the city to the tiny village of Jainkou to treck up to the Jainkou watch tower on the Great Wall of China. We walked along about 10kms of the Wall to Mutianyu, comparing the more wild and ruined Jainkou sections with the popular restored Mutianyu sections. Tired but happy.
We spent our first proper day in Beijing exploring the city's most famous sights (with thousands of other tourists) including Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Lama Temple in Yonghegong, and wandered along some of the city's many Hutongs, before calling it a night at a roof top bar. On day two we headed 2 hours north of the city to the tiny village of Jainkou to treck up to the Jainkou watch tower on the Great Wall of China. We walked along about 10kms of the Wall to Mutianyu, comparing the more wild and ruined Jainkou sections with the popular restored Mutianyu sections. Tired but happy.