A challenging days walking. Firstly, headed up on a renovated section of the wall, before encountering ‘Heaven’s Ladder”, a steep climb over precarious steps up the cliff face.
A fantastic view from the top, once we head caught our breath we continued on the path up “undulating” hills and through a forest to the reach the top of the ridge. Here we joined the old wall, and followed it along the contours of the mountains will we made our decent into the valley ball.
The group resided that night in a local farmhouse, to which the tour guide had told us would be a real cultural experience. It was! Very basic accommodation, no heating and the temperature had dropped to nearly freezing, however, it didn’t matter as we had a fire and several beers later I didn’t even notice.
Memorable Points:– Fantastic Views. Open fire at the farmhouse. Little Chinese woman with bound feet (weird!), views. Local butcher selling his wares.
