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In life, there are small days and big days\u2026 today was most certainly a big day. It\u2019s not every day you get to go to the Great Wall of China! Excited doesn\u2019t really cover it.<\/p>\n

We get picked up at 8am by our local guide, Lee and taken to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall of China<\/a>. It\u2019s about 1.5 hours drive from the city and is one of the original sections of the wall.<\/p>\n

After a short cable ride to section 14 of the wall, through the chestnut trees, we were greeted by a panorama to rival anything else I had seen. What\u2019s more, the weather gods had been very kind to us as the skies were blue, the sun was shining and a light dusting of snow and ice was sparkling along the cobblestones. They say that a life was lost for every stone laid during the construction of the wall, which was a sobering thought as we climbed the 450 steps to Tower 23. It would certainly have been a daunting sight for any would be invader.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0weather was as cold, crisp and dry and although the temperature gauge read just 1 degree, the warm sun certainly made up for it. There were also very few people there, but for a smattering of American and Kiwi accents,\u00a0 we would have had the place to ourselves.<\/p>\n

You could easily fill an entire memory card with photos of The Great Wall of China. There are enough screensaver moments to fill a thousand computer screens. A truly magical place that sits comfortably at the top of my list of places visited.<\/p>\n

\"Mutianyu<\/a><\/p>\n

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