One of Many Trips Ahead

The holiday has now officially begun :)

Today, we all went to Julongguan Greatwall again! At first, I thought our school would take us to the different section of Greatwall this semester. But it turned out to be the same one. However, I still went anyway because firstly it was free (haha..cheapskate) and secondly, although it was the same one but there are actually two routes that we can climb up over there. Last time we had gone up by the right side. So today, we went to the other direction. It was more climb-friendly (is there such word?). What I meant is that it was easier to climb than the other side. FYI, Julongguan Greatwall is known for its steepness compared to other Greatwall sections. The left side, although there is one part which looks like an endless staircases, somehow has more flat paths so overall it is more relaxing than the other path. The most important thing is of course, we all had a great time and took lots of pictures, hehe....

Tomorrow, we have planned to go to another section of Greatwall. You must be saying - again?? Well, this is kind of special. Because it is located out of Beijing, more exactly it needs about 4 hours train ride to reach there. It is the part that is by the sea - 山海关长城. So we will be staying in that area for 3 days 2 nites. Hopefully, we do stick to the plan. Because during this golden week period, the train tickets are selling like crazy. And the 'great' part is that, we can only buy 4 days before the departure date. So now we have the train tickets to go there but no tickets to get back here yet. All the tour agents here say that the only way is once we reach there, we go straight to the ticket counter and buy our tickets back. Thinking about it, it is actually a gamble. But hey, looks like this is the only way. Furthermore, we do not book any hotel so far. I have a feeling that this is going to be a real 'adventure'. One of my friend who is also going on this trip was saying that her teacher said that it is easy to find accomodation once we reach there even in a holiday period like this. So we just try our luck then......hopefully, everything is going smooth for us. If we do not have any place to stay, maybe we just rent a tent and camp by the sea then, hahaha. Not bad right, where else can we enjoy to sleep under the stars :D :D

Ok then, wish us all the best.
Will update the blog once I am back here safely and soundly :)