One of the lovely Trekkers in our group sent me this poem:
O Great Wall of China, O Great Wall of China
What shall you say if you can speak
I am here ... strong and weak in places, just like the human body
Many a trekkers hike me, and I love them all
Wishing everyone a safe journey on their chosen paths
My reason was to create boundaries and defence
But now I am one with all
People come and ride on my rugged back
Loving…
2nd May.
A bittersweet day, time for us to say goodbye to Beijing. The airport was
huge and very modern and spacious so we chatted and exchanged phone
numbers while we waited for our flight. Our flight took ten hours to get
us back to Heathrow and then we had the emotional task of saying our
goodbyes to each other.
We have a Facebook group page and have shared our many photographs and
memories together and will stay in touch…
1st May.
Some of our group got up early and went to watch the Beijing locals
practice their exercises in the park, then the rest of us joined the group
and went to a silk factory where we learned about the interesting process
of silk making. There were lots of items on sale and some of our group
took the opportunity to buy gifts for friends and family.
We then went to the Summer Palace; a beautiful place with a lake, surrounded…
30th April. A day of mixed emotions as this was to be our last day's
trekking on the Great Wall. We had a lovely walk upwards through the
blossom trees and watched the lizards darting about, passing by a cave
with a dragon in it and continued up the steps to the Great Wall.
Then we went back down to the beginning and off to the other side up a very steep
slope, which again was charged with high emotions due to the …
29th April. We had a brief walk through the friendly village, then
climbed up and up through the hillside for a couple of hours.
There were wonderful blossom trees of white, pinks and purples everywhere, I noticed
tiny blue and yellow irises about an inch in height, growing along the
path-side, (like we have buttercups and daisies in our country), we saw
unusually- coloured butterflies, lizards and a huge bullet-shaped …
