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Conquering the dragon

You don’t conquer Himalaya without climbing it, and we had a similar approach with the Great Wall. We decided to ascend from JianKou. The women passed on it pretty fast, leaving my dad and I determined to reach the top. Not only the climb was estimated to two hours, we were in a rush because our driver was waiting, and then we ended up taking the wrong path (a very hard one) on top of that. The next 25 pictures are from a May holiday with my parents, and fiancée in Beijing.

“Jiankou is one of the best places for a serious Great Wall enthusiast. It has a wide variety of places to climb. It has terrific scenery and offers great opportunities for photographers. It’s reasonably close to Beijing. And as the eastern meeting point of the inner and outer Ming Walls, it connects to long stretches of Great Wall in three directions.”
More: http://www.greatwallforum.com/forum/jiankou/453-jiankou-great-wall-review.html

Du overvinner ikke Himalaya uten å klatre opp på fjellet, og vi hadde ett lignende syn når det gjaldt den kinesiske muren. Vi valgte JianKou som utgangsposisjon. Damene ønsket ikke å være med så det var far og jeg fast bestmte på å nå toppen. Oppstigningen var estimert til 2 timer, vi måtte stresse da sjåføren og damene ventet, og ikke nok med det tok vi feil sti som viste seg å være nesten ufremkommelig. De neste 25 bildene er fra en ferie i Mai med mine foreldre og kjæreste.
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69 and climbing like a goat

Probably the most memorable experience of my father’s last trip to china was the great wall. Not the wall itself, but rather the climb up to it, very steep and perilous. Maybe a little dangerous for an old man, but as far as dying comes, doing it a place like this would be part of one last good experience… PS: the easiest tracks are tourist buses to the wall on overfilled tourist spots, maybe you can even find a gondola if you are “lucky”

Trolig det mest minneverdige med hele turen, var etter min fars mening oppstigningen til den kinesiske muren, dvs ikke Muren – men Turen. I gammel alder kan ”døden” bli ett emne, men om den slags skulle inntreffe var det greit om det skjedde under en så flott opplevelse. PS: sååå farlig var det vel ikke, og for dem som ønsker tryggere alternativer går busser kloss inntil muren og du kan knapt se den for bare selgere.
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Target in sight

Once arriving on the wall, we met other persons that had chosen easier routes, and lucky was that for we needed a helping hand to lift my father onto the wall. Bildet fra “åpenbaringen”

Når vi kom frem til muren så traff vi på andre som hadde valgt lettere ruter, og heldig var det for jeg trengte en hjelpende hånd for å løfte pappa opp på muren. Picture from the ”revelation”
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We made it to the top!

Somewhat proud, small step for ”man”, big step for “granny”.

Noe stolt? Lite steg for menneskeheten, et langt steg for ”gamlefar”.
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Fresh fish!

One of the best reasons to go to the “JianKou” section of the Great Wall is probably not the climb, even less that it’s free, but more so the excellent fish here, also popular with Beijing locals.

En av de beste grunnene til å dra akkurat til ”JianKou” er nok neppe oppstigningen, og enda mindre at man slipper å betale for å se muren, men kanskje snarere at de på bunnen har en landsby med fersk og aldeles utsøkt fisk.
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Tian An Square

We are exploring Tian An square in Beijing. XiaoMei stands straight in awe of Mao, as she is a young communist party member.

Vi utforsker den himmelske fredsplass i Beijing. Veslemøy står rakrygget i respekt for Mai, for hun er jo ett ungt partimedlem.
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Nature calls

When you’ve got to pee, it doesn’t matter so much where you are.

Når man må tisse, spiller det ikke såå mye rolle hvor man er...
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Entering the Forbidden city

What’s more scary, Mao, the lion, or or…

Hva er den beste vaktbikkja, Mao, løven, eller...
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Many details to look out for

Many things to see, we could need a day here, hmmm

Mange ting å se i den forbudte by, vi kunne trenge en hel dag, hmm
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Spacious

The forbidden city did not lack in space and facilities.

Den forbudte byen led ikke av plassmangel.
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