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RE: Walking Great Wall from Shanhai Pass

by burstbubble 02 February 2012

It's not possible to walk on Great Wall all the time since it wasn't continuously built. So you have to get off the Wall in certain parts…
RE: Walking Great Wall from Shanhai Pass

by smb7110 02 February 2012

i also suggest you visit www.greatwallforum.com The people behind this websites have dedicated themselves to hike and explore the differen…
Re: Walking Great Wall from Shanhai Pass

by china1979 01 February 2012

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RE: Walking Great Wall from Shanhai Pass

by Tarh33l 01 February 2012

There is no, and there never was, one single continuous Great Wall stretching from East to West. It is a collection of walls or segments…
Walking Great Wall from Shanhai Pass

by Old_Lady 01 February 2012

Hi, I am planning on walking the great wall from Shanhai Pass towards Beijing. Is it possible to walk along the wall all the way to the…
RE: Experiencing the Great Wall

by PangJun 05 July 2011

Part of the Qin Dynasy Great Wall can be found in Guyuan, which is generally in the Xi'an area, but from photos I've seen is in pretty…
Getting from Chengde to Shanhaiguan/Qinhuangdao -- possible?

by mlaiii 30 June 2011

Hi Thorntree Fam, Are there daily buses that leave Chengde for Shanhaiguan or Qinhuangdao? Does anyone have any approximate guesses as…
Re: Qinhuangdao to Shanhaiguan bus time

by loveland 26 June 2011

By freq. local bus#33 or #25. In Aug, both run from 05:50-19:30. Time need 90min. If it is not a week-end, you walk-in and bargain, you…
Qinhuangdao to Shanhaiguan bus time

by bigj4life 25 June 2011

Does anyone know what time the Qinhuangdao to Shanhaiguan bus starts running at in August? How frequent is it? Also, and guesthouse…
RE: Beijing to Shanhaiguan

by manchurianexile 25 June 2011

What are you talking about? Foreigners not accepted in Shanhaiguan guesthouses/hotels? Rubbish! I, like #1, have stayed there before.…
RE: Beijing to Shanhaiguan

by visitchn 25 June 2011

Please find the following table about the information of the D Train schedule Train from Beijing to Shanhaiguan http://www.chtrak.com/re…
RE: Beijing to Shanhaiguan

by John555 25 June 2011

Bit hassly down there and hotels a overpriced from my experience. Bargain hard. Train is fine. You have 27 hours in BJ and the limit might…
RE: Beijing to Shanhaiguan

by chinapacktrip 25 June 2011

Hi, you can go to Shaihaiguan by train or by bus, the former is more convenient. If you want to buy the ticket of espress D, there's a…
RE: Beijing to Shanhaiguan

by bigj4life 25 June 2011

Did you take the Express Train D? What cities does the train go to? Jinzhou or Shenyan? Or is it quicker to go to Qinhuangdao?
RE: Beijing to Shanhaiguan

by lhasalb 24 June 2011

hi i have gone to Shanghaiguan and back again in a day, and I also have gone there and stayed there overnight, so I cannot see why foreigner…
Beijing to Shanhaiguan

by bigj4life 24 June 2011

Hello, I will be arriving in Beijing in August on a overnight layover (arrive 4:30 pm, depart 7:30 pm next day) to BKK and was wondering…
RE: Haerbin to Beijing in 2 weeks??

by apollo1234 08 June 2011

I think you'll struggle to find lots to do in the region north of Beijing. Changchun (just south of Harbin) is dull. It's not worther…
RE: Sights Taiyuan-Hohhot-Haerbin?

by china1979 18 May 2011

I found the Great Wall at Shanhaiguan worth a couple of hours, but if I were short on time, I wouldn't bother. Outside Haerbin there's…
RE: Sights Taiyuan-Hohhot-Haerbin?

by jeanctc 18 May 2011

Thanks lhasalband jiejie!! I've been to Xian so this is out.I am really interested in going to Shanhaiguan to see the great wall there.I…
RE: Sights Taiyuan-Hohhot-Haerbin?

by jiejie 18 May 2011

If you want to train, your choices would be to 1) go east then north--the K546 heads for Shijiazhuang then Tianjin, Shanhaiguan, Shenyan…
Homestay in Shanhaiguan

by ChrisDoig 19 January 2011

Hi My wife and I are planning a trip across North Eastern China and planning to spend about 3 nights at Shanhaiguan. We want to avoid…
RE: Tianjin-Datong-Pingyao-Luoyang-Zengzhou-Jinan-Tianjin

by penfold389 06 January 2011

Hi Muddy, thanks, time permitting I will do Shanhaiguan and maybe Chengde after doing the outlying places in Shanxi and Shandong. Otherwise…
RE: Tianjin-Datong-Pingyao-Luoyang-Zengzhou-Jinan-Tianjin

by Harry_Mudd 05 January 2011

consider also, [Shanhaiguan|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanhaiguan] to the east of tianjin, about an hour, hour and a half. This is…
RE: Walking the Great Wall

by Harry_Mudd 05 January 2011

+We would like to avoid the crowded sections, so Badaling is out.+ crikey. All sections that get mentioned on TT are crowded. IMO Bad…
RE: Itinerary help

by Harry_Mudd 16 December 2010

Did your trip to Guilin include getting out to the Long Ji Rice terraces, Yangshuo and surrounds; say Xing Ping or Yang Di? Two places…