Day trip to the Great Wall of China
I have always been curious about China, a country with ancient history much like India. Although modern day political situations led to lesser direct interaction apart from trade between these two Asian giants, historically there has always been significant cultural exchange right from when the Silk Route was prominent. We also always enjoyed the bustling energy of Chinatowns in other large Asian countries we’ve been to and loved the Cantonese culture in Hong Kong , it was only time that we had to actually head to China to explore the real deal . Hike on the wall towards tower-14 (Click to enlarge) Ironically, it was after one of our routine summer weekend visits to Chinatown in Dubai Mall of all places that Meghana and I decided to finally plan a trip to Mainland China. Then began the research about visa requirements, budgeting , building a n itinerary and figuring out all the peculiarities we’ve been hearing about travel in China. Turns out, it's n...