DAY 2: Great Wall at Mutianyu section & Sacred Way

Beijing Tour July 18-22,2013
Day 2 (July 19, 2013) - Great Wall at Mutianyu section and The Sacred Way

We were advised by Vincent of the Information Desk to just be at the Reception Area by 7am to join the tour without a reservation.

There are 3 tours offered:

A line: the Great Wall at Badaling section-entrance at Bears Garden (2 hours to 2 hours and 30 minutes), Ming Tomb-Chang Ling (1 hour)

B line: Forbidden City (2 hours), Temple of Heaven (1 hour 20 minutes), Summer Palace (1 hour 40 minutes)

C line: the Great Wall at Mutianyu section (2 hours to 2 hours 30 minutes), Sacred Way (40 minutes)

We chose Tour C, as also recommended by Vincent and Mutianyu section of the Great Wall being the less crowded spot based from Trip Advisor :)

1st stop is "The Main Sacred Way of the Mings Tomb". 

We entered the North Gate.

Ticket prices -

Sacred way leads to the 13 tombs of the Ming Dynasty. It is also called the Changling Sacred Way.

The red gate -

The government officials -

The animals- 

There's a Tourist Shop -

The Stele Pavilion of Divine Merits and the Sacred Virtue of Changling -

Inside: The tortoise holding the tablet -

Front view of the Stele Pavilion -

Then ahead is the South Gate already where our coach bus was waiting. 

Compulsary tour to the Beijing Jade Carving Factory is next.

Entrance where the mini tour started -

My friend Melvi is crazy about the Pechay jade we had to had to line up in the National Museum of Korea just to take a look at it. Now a smaller version is on sale here at Beijing :)

Brunch followed, still on the same place-

Traditional Chinese lunch was served. I only had the breaded chicken fillet though there's a lot of viands served - beef with brocholli I guess, sweet and sour fish, vegetable soup etc.

Then it's time to see now the Great Wall. The tour guide said we can take a nap (which we really need) because it will be an hour drive. 

We alighted at the parking lot and have to walk a bit up for the chair lift entrance. 

There's Subway and a pizza floor where I wished I could eat because already starving by now.

Tourist map-

The ticket office -

Cost us additional RMB 80 for thr chair lift going up and toboggan run going down- 

Route map of the Mutianyu Great Wall -

No chance to look for a souvenir at the many souvenir shops going up the entrance to the Great Wall. 

Scary Chair lift :)

I have no decent photo of the wall using my phonecam :( Gotta check back with Alol's SLR :)

The toboggan run going down is a blast :) :) :)

Visit at the Bejing Silk Museum for the final stop.