The Great Wall - Part 3 - Slip Slidin' Away

I wanted to note that there were some interesting critters up on the Wall, including both inanimate...

And live...

There was also a bunch of really cool looking little lizards. They had metallic blue and purple tails (but the purple doesn't show up in the photographs).

OK, now it's time to head home. Although there is a chair-lift that you can ride down, there is also a really cool toboggan slide ride that is just awesome.

You sit on a small sled on an aluminum half-pipe, and hold down a brake switch to go faster (if you release the brake switch, it pops up and the brakes are applied).

Ready...

Set...

Go...



You really aren't supposed to have your camera out, but almost everybody does, and the safety monitors are at most corners shouting at you with a megaphone "No Cameras". What a hoot! The video here is only 90 seconds long but the entire ride lasts about 5 minutes!

We had an absolutely gorgeous day, sunny with a few clouds, and it was cool and breezy at the top (but still made you sweat when you were walking, especially uphill). I have been very fortunate (with a little bit of good planning, and watching the weather channel) to have had both the Summer Palace and The Great Wall on the two nicest days we've had here.