September 5, 2010 – Day 24
Beijing is considered a modern city. The Great Wall was on the agenda today at the Badaling Hills, one the best-preserved sections of the Great Wall. On the trip & from we passed Disney World which is not open yet. Once at the wall we had a group picture taken before actually walking the Wall, first toward Russia and later toward N. Korea. Lunch was served buffet style another 5-star hotel. Next we walked though the Main Sacred Way of the Ming Tombs where were statures of dragons, elephants, camels, horses, and warriors (four each). Two of each were “on guard”, and two each were at “resting”. At the end of the walk there was a large Turtle stature. We then went back to the hotel to get ready for the Peking Duck Dinner (a lazy Susan buffet) and Peking Opera. Better than half of the audience got a nap during the performance; definitely not worth the expense. The Beijing zoo would have been a much better choice.