The Great Wall - Gubeikou
A few years ago I was fortunate enough to travel China, and of course one must visit the Great Wall! However me and my traveling companion like to get off the beaten path and couldn’t really be bothered with the swarms of tourists at the section which is easily accessible hence the Gubeikou Great Wall.
This section has never been reconstructed. It is somewhat dilapidated but retains its original beauty and structure. It is difficult to access, and some of the climbs are certainly a little scary with barriers long rusted away and bamboo railings rotten.
Stretching along mountainous terrain for about 25 miles (40 kilometers), there are 172 watchtowers, 14 beacon towers, 16 passes, 3 water passes, 3 barbicans, and 6 fortresses along it.
Broken, crumbling and isolated this section cries adventure and will really showcase the vast beauty of this amazing wonder!
So nice. I have gone to the water town next to Gubei great wall. So beautiful area
Very interesting. So hard to imagine a wall that long.
Its incredible! We were there for a couple of days and had the wall all to ourselves :)
Stunning photos, well composed, looks magnificent
as @beachgirl just said, the area is beautiful! its incredible that these sections still remain so isolated
Seems much more interesting than the Badaling area but I understand why that place gets all of the tourist traffic.
Have you any pictures? I would love to see what I missed out on :)?
If you follow me I'm sure you will see some in the future :)
Dropped a follow :)
Wow - you get around, hey? That wall is amazing.. mesmerizing.
:) One of the reasons I joined steemit! Need somewhere to log my adventures! Plus hopefully offer and get advice from fellow travelers.
I wish this had been around when I was living in Europe a few years ago. BUT.. I still travel quite a lot anyway, so I'm looking forward to that aspect of things in the future, for sure.