The motorcycle diaries – Trip 1, day 2/2

Welcome back to the motorcycle diaries. For those of you who have just joined us, these are a set of posts that aim to show you our view of Korea on two wheels. If you missed the first half, you … Continue reading

Gubeikou, where The Great Wall of our dreams was found

Someone shook me from my short slumber. ‘Let’s go watch the sunrise on the Wall’, they said. I rubbed my eyes with the backs of my hands, digesting the proposed plan. I looked at the clock; it was 2.45am. ‘Ok, yeh, absolutely’.

After a much needed caffeine and sugar boost, we set off out of the hostel and through the dusty streets of Gubeikou. Jumpers zipped all the way up and headlamps alight, we began stumbling up the hundreds of steps in the murky darkness to reach the start of our destination- the Great Wall of China…

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