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How often can we say that we’ve been at one of the Wonders of the World?
Oh, talking to me? The Great Wall? Oh, been there, done that.
![Great Wall - China](https://i0.wp.com/sallyinthezen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Great-Wall-1.png?resize=1200%2C754&ssl=1)
We were at Ba Da Ling – the Northern Pass of the Great Wall.
![Great Wall at Badaling](https://i0.wp.com/sallyinthezen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Great-Wall-2.png?resize=1200%2C788&ssl=1)
Zen Mum and I went up a little ways and it was quite a workout! High in altitude and very steep in incline, it made for good times. Zen Master took this picture just as we were taking a breather. See that tower behind us? That was our destination before heading back down.
![Sitting on the Great Wall](https://i0.wp.com/sallyinthezen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Great-Wall-3.png?resize=1200%2C754&ssl=1)
Then I grabbed my camera back and sprinted up the way until I thought I was gonna fall over and roll down the Great Wall. But not before I took this picture of Zen Master and Zen Mum chugging along. At this point, Zen Mum chose to stop and take a break…
![Walking up the Great Wall](https://i0.wp.com/sallyinthezen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Great-Wall-4.png?resize=1200%2C755&ssl=1)
…while Zen Master and I continued the upward climb just to see if we could reach the top of the next crest before passing out.
![Zen Master walking up the Great Wall](https://i0.wp.com/sallyinthezen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Great-Wall-5.png?resize=1200%2C753&ssl=1)
And it was during this time that Zen Mum began climbing again. So we waited for her…
![Posing on the Great Wall](https://i0.wp.com/sallyinthezen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Great-Wall-6.png?resize=1200%2C764&ssl=1)
…and then…TA DA! GO TEAM! We came, we saw, we conquered the Great Wall!
![Zen Mum and Zen Master at the Great Wall](https://i0.wp.com/sallyinthezen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Great-Wall-7.png?resize=793%2C1265&ssl=1)
We were proud but pooped. If only they had elevators for the way back down to the buses.
Next stop: TERRACOTTA ARMY, GUILAN AND SHANGHAI