The Great Wall

I think the Great Wall was a highlight of the trip for all of us. We had a really hot day, but we took the advice of one of Dave's friends from work and drove a little further to the "less touristy" spot on the wall. It was a great decision, because it wasn't crowded and we had a great views. We took the cable car up to the wall and rather than taking the cable car back down, we decided to walk down. That was a great choice because we just happened to end up walking through the Chinese Rock Museum. It was a beautifully landscaped walk down through gardens and waterfalls and the boys even discovered a cave with water falls and really interesting rock formations, etc. It was a great surprise and made it a wonderful trip to the wall for sure.

On our last day, we toured the Lama Temple and saw the Guiness Book of Records tallest Budda in the World which was carved from a single Sandlewood tree and took 3 years to transport it to it's current location. After that we hit the Pearl World Market for some "high quality replicas" as the Chinese sales people call them. It really is a whole different world.

It was an AWESOME trip!!! We saw and did things that we will remember for the rest of our lives. It was a great experience for the boys to see how people in other parts of the world live and hopfully not take what we have for granted. It's always fun to go.....but it's also WONDERFUL to be home. Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoyed the adventure.