I'll talk about my thoughts on China soon. It's been a whirlwind the past few days. Today Vesper and I went to Simitai, a remote and wild section of the Great Wall.
There aren't many tourists here as there are at theme-park-esque Badaling. One of the reasons is the dizzying heights and the seventy degree inclines. I wasn't prepared for how truly amazing the Wall is. One part of the Simatai wall follows the crest of an extremely jagged mountain ridge. I can just hear the planners talking about where the wall should go-
planners: "the wall should go along those little bumpy hills down there."
emperor: "nah! that won't work...Where is the highest, most jaggedly, precarious, ridiculous place we can build this...oh- over there! Brilliant!"
And Vesper and I hiked the whole thing. Up to where they wouldn't let us, of course. Well, a little past.
We had a little Beijing duck tonight here back in the city, and sleep comes soon.
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