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Beijing Inspection Trip October 2019
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The Great Wall of China, Badaling
1.The Great Wall of China Badaling 2. Beijing Daxing International Airport
3. Xiong’an New District 4. Bo Zhen District 5. Cang Zhou City
Jingzang Expressway. 65km from central Beijing on G6.
The altitude of Badaling is 1015m at the North Eighth Tower.
Starting from the center of Beijing, follow the G6 Jingzang Expressway for about 65km north-northwest, and you’ll come to a mountain range with no houses in sight.
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Beyond this, there is Badaling at last. The distance from center of Beijing city, via G6 Jingzang Expressway is 65km. This is almost equal to the distance from central Tokyo to Narita Airport.
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Jingzang Expressway G6
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After passing this peak, the Jingzang Expressway G6 passes through the arid region of former Mongolia and finally reaches Lhasa, the central city of Tibet.
It passes through 7 provinces, Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai and Xizang, total distance of 3,724ｋｍ!!
Japan’s longest expressway is the Tohoku Expressway at 680 km, so G6 is approximately 5.5 times the distance.
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The Great Wall of China can be view from the Jingzang Expressway G6.
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Badaling Railway Station It seems that you can come here by train from Beijing city.
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Along the way, I spotted a huge washroom ahead.
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Until now, I have comfortably climbed up to the vicinity of Badaling in an acquaintance’s private car, but I got off at the parking lot about 60 km away, and then took a public transport (bus) to the entrance of Badaling.
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We had to take a bus like the one in the picture to get to the ticket office at the foot of Badaling, but the bus didn’t arrive on time, causing a huge panic among the passengers.
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Jostling and pushing while queuing.
If you were to widen the gap between yourself and the person in front even a little, someone will cut into your queue.
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Finally, we arrived at the Badaling admission ticket office.
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I had to queue again.
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After queuing and buying a ticket, I walk around.
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Finally, I could see the Great Wall of China from here.
1015m North 8th floor
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The sky is blue. People looks like beans.
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Super clear weather on the Great Wall
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This area is surround in a sea of red flags.
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The length of the existing Great Wall:
the main part is 3,000 km and was built in the Ming Dynasty.
From the Spring and Autumn Warring States period to the Ming Dynasty, about 21, 200 km of the wall is constructed.
Photo by author, 2019
Photo by author, 2019
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