- This picture is taken where the Great Wall branches off from the inner loop in Western Hebei.
- This little fellow joined me under the umbrella waiting for the rain to stop.
- Big fat spider. I try not to think where the spider was when I get cobwebs over my face.
- This happy bunch was curious about the white man that spent the night in their little village of 500 inhabitants.
- I told these ladies at the bus station in Zhangjiakou what I was doing, and they were all smiles every time I met them!
- With so many bicycles around, you never need go far to find somewhere to get a puncture fixed.
- This man was pressing and drying coal 'bricks' to a standard size.
- Here the Great Wall ends at the bottom of a steep cliff.
- See the nosy visitor??
- Milestone as I reached the watchtower where Beijing Municipality starts and the outer loop of the Great Wall in Western Hebei returns.
- See the steep bit where the wall is missing? Those are the hard bits to climb up.
- This centipede tasted liquorice with a hint of lemon 😉
- Here the Great Wall is about 4 metres high, and two feet wide at the top. It's best to walk on top to get the view and wind, but every time it was damaged I had to climb carefully down.
- I didn't notice till later that I was bleeding after a fall.
- Farmers reading a 'business card' I bring along while walking the Great Wall.
- I love looking in to these Chinese courtyards.
- Accepting defeat after trying to get through dense forest in very steep terrain to get to the Great Wall. I was soaking wet.
- This farmer started working in his field before I got up in the morning. There was a small patch without plants big enough to pitch the tent.
- I have seen several watchtowers covered by mobile phone antennas.
- Waiting it out under a road with a local farmer during a thunderstorms.
- This young boy spoke very good English, and struck up a conversation.
- Danger of flash floods and landslides I interpret this as.