The emails from Charity Challenge just keep coming thick and fast now. One came late last week to inform us that a stretch of the Great Wall we were supposed to be completing is currently closed for a rumoured development of some sort so instead we are completing a different but equally challenging stretch of the wall and the schedule has been altered slightly. We have been assured that the new section we are tackling is just as challenging and just as scenic, this is good to know.
Another came though this week with the details of lodgings we will be staying in whilst completing the trek. At the end of each day we are transported to various lodgings along the way for a well earned rest and hopefully a good nights sleep! It looks like they are pretty basic but clean and comfortable which is the main thing. Our luggage is being transported for us between these lodgings so that all we have to carry whilst trekking is our day sack. This will mostly be holding sun cream, lunch, waterproof coat (just in case!), camera and water and probably a few snacks.
We also got through an email with our joining instructions. Lynsey and I arrive in Beijing a day earlier than our fellow trekkers so we will have to make our way back to Beijing Airport on Saturday 26th to meet up with our challenge leader and fellow trekkers before being transported to out first lodge at the start of the trek. We will leave from here on Sunday 27th and start the trek. We will then trek for 6 days before heading back to Beijing for a Peking Duck banquet and then a two night stay before we set off on our own adventure that has yet to be planned fully!
At the moment we are planning on travelling to Shanghai, Xian to visit the terracotta warriors and then down to the River Li area before making our way to Hong Kong for a couple of days before our flight home on 19th July. Very exciting, only 5 days to go!
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