Great Wall Entrance
Rating
Title
Great Wall Entrance
Country
China
Geographic Location
Beijing
Photographer
Peterson , Robin
Program
Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
Description/Reflection
During spring/Easter break while studying in Hong Kong , a group of us decided to go to Beijing for a week . As anyone can probably guess , tourism is huge in Beijing . Our guidebook mentioned a small town were the Great Wall was completely original (meaning it hasn't been restored) . The book called it the "Wild Wall. " It was in very good condition (considering its age) and set on a hill overlooking the beautiful countryside . Getting out to the Wild Wall was a long process , but after finding our bus and negotiating for a "taxi " to take us to Huanghua , we finally arrived after almost 2 1/2 hrs . There was only one other tourist there besides us. A local girl in her early teens was at the "entrance. " She knew only a little English , but had us sign a huge rolled up sheet where she has collected names of former visitors (she had a little more then 1000 names at that time) . Her mother was managing a small establishment , selling T-shirts that had "I Climbed The Great Wall " written on the front . By the looks of it the locals were just starting to take advantage of their new tourist attraction . Getting to the top was steep climb ; to some of the locals already up there it was nothing . One local man had a small box of water he was selling at the top . Another man charged us for using his ladder ; by his gestures he was trying to communicate to us that the money was for maintenance . A couple other villagers wanted to show us a safer way down the wall , and by this time we knew to have our money out by the time we got to the bottom !
Term of Study Abroad
2001 Spring
Award Date
2001-11-15
Subject
Walls Signs and signboards Tourism
Keywords
Great Wall of China ; Entrances ; Tourist sites
Bethel Affiliation
Student
Photo Scene
General view
Date Digitized
2011-01-26
Resource Type
image/still image
Format
image/jpeg
Copyright Statement
Images and metadata in the Bethel University Study Abroad Collection are provided with permission by the Office of Off-Campus Programs/International Studies. Content for this collection is licensed under a Creative Commons license 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ for attributed, non-commercial, non-derivative works. Any exceptions to this must be approved by Melanie Eslinger at m-eslinger@bethel.edu.
Publisher
Bethel University
Source
Office of Off-Campus Programs/International Studies
Language
English
Filename
2001fPetRGre.jpg
Geographic Coordinates
39.9167, 116.4333
Contributing Institution
Bethel University
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