Trip to the wall

I am going to try to get all of our second day in Beijing into one post. We started out our day driving out of Beijing. It was interesting to see the architecture. Corporate Buildings all had their own style, with each showing a different flair, but the apartments buildngs were all EXACTLY the same. Later we saw the same designs in Xi'an and in Shanghai! We made a brief stop at the Jade Factory, but since that was just a shopping stop, I don't have any pictures.

After the Jade factory we were on our way to the main reason we took this trip, The Great Wall. It was an hour long drive out to Badaling, our starting point for the wall. Our tour guide showed us the site of what was supposed to be a Disneyland type Amusement park. However, just before it was complete, construction stopped and it was never opened. There were various theories on why it wasn't completed, all of them focus around money. Soon after this site, we got our first glimpse of the wall.

After 3 hours of fighting with blogger and slide, I am giving up...for now. Stay tuned later for the rest of the story