Views of the Great Wall of China at Simatai, Beijing, China, some time ago. Simatai Great Wall built in Ming Dynasty divides the desert hills. Giant in the east wall has a total length of approximately 6,700 kilometers, which was built following the natural contours to shield China from enemy attack. Great wall at Simatai is one of the four sectors of the wall opened to tourists in addition to Bataling, Juyongguan, and Mutianyu.
The Great Wall is definitely one of the mandatory destination for tourists visiting China. For menyambanginya, most people choose sides in the wall which was about an hour Bataling outside of Beijing or Juyongguan located a few kilometers closer to the capital of China.
Unfortunately, too many visitors at Bataling. Tourists crowded. Not to mention the height of the merchant. The situation in Juyongguan same money.
When visiting China some time ago, we decided it was mandatory destinations visited. It's just that our segment of the Great Wall at Simatai go. From the center of Beijing, located about 120 kilometers or 2.5 hours drive through the highway that silky smooth.
Segment of the wall at Simatai like a snake in the back of Yanshan mountains. According to Luo Zhewen, an expert on the Great Wall, the fence is a defense of the ancient buildings in China grandest and most beautiful part of the Simatai Great Wall. UNESCO has even been put Simatai as one of the World Cultural Heritage.
They might enjoy the morning sun at Simatai Great Wall, we left Beijing after dinner at around 21:30. To 1,000 yuan, or about USD 1.4 million, a seven-seat minivan capacity can be rented. Toll tickets and gasoline has been borne by the owner of the vehicle, while eating a driver and rent the tenant paid the driver. Rental charges apply from late evening until the next day.
We finally arrived at Simatai near midnight. Simatai Hotel is the closest hotel that is located in the tourist complex is Simatai. Room rates USD 392 000 for three people last night, without breakfast. Room rates are still added to the Simatai entrance fee of Rp 56,000. Facilities in standard rooms are bathrooms with hot water, television, and air conditioning.
Unfortunately, because we arrived just before midnight, the hotel manager did not want to provide hot water for making tea just after 2.5-hour trip. So, bring water and bread for breakfast a lot of Beijing. Bottled water is very useful when you are thirsty in the climbing and mountain peaks. Understandably, there are no dealers in Simatai at dawn.
Three in the morning we were awake. End of the winter weather is enough to make your body shiver. Anti-wind jacket, beanie, gloves, scarves, comfortable sport shoes, flashlight, bread, and drinking water are also camera equipment that must be taken. It takes two to three hours from the hotel to get to the highest checkpoint.
Simatai segment length is only 5.4 kilometers is quite challenging. The road is very steep, there is a path that is not fenced walls, and even some sections of a width of only 40 centimeters.
If you want to save energy, there are facilities at Simatai gondola at a cost of Rp 70,000 round-trip or USD 42 000 each way operating from nine o'clock in the morning. From below, you can instantly get to the middle segment of the wall.
Avoid going to Simatai in the winter due to frequent snow storms on the mountain top. When bad weather, local officials generally prohibit anyone from climbing up the wall. You should record the numbers of the hotel or someone you know who can be contacted if there is something in the mountains, especially when climbing at unusual times. Do not worry, signaling a mobile phone operator in China is still strong even at an altitude of 1,000 meters above sea level.
Beautiful scenery
Cold weather and fatigue and sleepiness before dawn as if paid with a view at Simatai. Although the sun has not come out, which divides the lake Simatai is feast for the eyes. Growing up, the more visible the beautiful mountain scenery. Simatai wall segment consists of 35 guard posts, divided into two segments in the west and east are separated by a lake. To connect these segments, we can pass a suspension bridge with a gap within tens of feet below. Flatter western sections. While the more challenging places in the eastern segment.
Although the fresh mountain air, breath getting heavier because of the elevation at Simatai continue to rise from 295 meters to 986 meters. The highest point is the gatehouse Wangjinglou 986 meters with a height above sea level. This checkpoint is the highest point in the entire Great Wall of China. From this post, we can see the sparkling city of Beijing in the evening. Not all sections of the wall intact arranged, there are some sections that collapsed with the protruding bricks. If you are careful, in this post there are some engraved brick wall of a description of the manufacturing date and the number of soldiers who built it.
Segment of the most dangerous and challenging is the sky bridge located between the post and the post Peri Wangjinglou Lotus. This segment is only about 40 centimeters wide, with a gaping chasm hundreds of feet on either side. Ruasnya only 100 meters, but keterjalannya reach 85 degrees.
You have to crawl and extra-careful if you do not want bounced. Another segment that is dangerous enough without the barrier lines on either side of that line is just a complete path to the clamp gap.
Slowly, the sun had appeared. Illuminate some of the walls with golden light. By noon, we went down. For lunch, we chose to eat at a small restaurant outside the park Simatai. Fresh vegetables, taken from the home page.
Not far away are the ancient villages of the former village grocery warehouse for the soldiers on guard, as it is written on the gate.Unfortunately, this segment is being renovated until May 2012.
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