Yesterday we found a waitress in a coffee shop who could speak English and we asked her to write the Chinese characters for the Great Wall of China so we could go and visit the section which is near here. We found a taxi and asked if he would take us - which he agreed to but he said he would not wait. This was a little unnerving to say the least as the site was 20km away and we had to meet our driver at the hotel at 2pm. However, Colin dug out the mandarin phrase book and by the time we had got there managed to ask in Mandarin and he agreed.
What a great way to spend my birthday! We did a speed hike of this section of the wall as we only had an hour. It was pretty impressive with watch towers, lots of stairs and awesome views. The river acts as a border between China and North Korea and at one point here is only a meter thick....however you are warned against trying to cross it in all the guide books.
Once we were back in Dandong we went to get coffee and had some great waffles before meeting the driver and a speedy (far too speedy!!) trip back to the Maple Leaf School! We went out for a birthday dinner with Kristen, Paul and a friend which was lots of fun.
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