http://www.kettik.com/ http://saravk.localhost:3000/ destinations/%20list 2009-12-05 11:11:47 UTC HuaiRou: Travel Stories, Journals, Photos and more from HuaiRou/Beijing/China - Kettik http://www.kettik.com/go/Asia/China/Beijing/HuaiRou/stories/41
A meteor shower on the other hand is a totally different experience. One one hand it takes away the serendipity of spotting a random shooting star and replaces it with the boring law of averages, stare at the sky long enough during a meteor shower and u are bound to spot a few shooting stars. So the question it, does that take away the magic ? ]]> 2009-12-05 11:11:47 UTC http://www.kettik.com/go/Asia/China/Beijing/HuaiRou/stories/41 Saravana http://www.kettik.com/go/Asia/China/Beijing/HuaiRou/stories/36 Ever since i joined the "Travel China Beijing" group on facebook, i've always wanted to go on one of the 'wild' great wall treks organized by Davis. Usually the prospect of waking up early in the morning (6am!!) would put me off from joining the trip but this time during the 3-day dragon boat festival weekend (between 28'th to 30'th May) i decided to stop being lazy for a change and join the trip. As per Davis, this section of the wall was one of the best spots for photography. The following is in his own words..

"If you look carefully at the recent published Great Wall photo albums, you will quickly find that many of the pictures are taken at Jiankou Great Wall. Due to its unique style, steep mountains and beautiful scenery, Jiankou Great Wall has become a photographic hotspot and also a hot travel destination among the local hikers these days. 'Jiankou', is translated as 'Arrow Nock' in English, because the shape of the mountain is like an arrow, with the collapsed ridge opening as its arrow nock."
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