The Great Wall of Disappointment

So don’t be fooled by my title-The Great Wall of China is an amazing experience and one I would highly recommend if you are ever in that neck of the woods!

What I mean by disappointment is that when I went to The Great Wall of China, it was PACKED with people and absolutely everything went to plan-when does that ever happen with me right?

(Picture so we all can appreciate the SHEER VOLUME of people I had to elbow out of the way to get a view of the wall).

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Great Wall of China, Chinese New Year 2016

So unfortunately I don’t have many cool stories to share about my time on and around The Great Wall (But watch this space, because I may be going back!).

LUCKY FOR YOU! I have a friend, who was not as planned as I was and has an awesome post about their not-so-perfect initial experience at The Great Wall of China!

Sophie is the writer of this KILLER article and should give you a glimpse of what to do and what NOT to do! Check out this segment or click here for the full post!

…We had lost a lot of time already and were still standing on the wrong side of the wall. We didn’t know what to do. Should we keep on trying different paths or return to the village and take an easier path from there?…

(Read more from Sophie at www.bittenbythebug.be)

Have you had a bad experience on The Great Wall of China? What was it?

Happy Travels! x