欢天喜地

Last Day

Today, the girls woke up all refreshed and excited for our sight-seeing day! After a delicious spread of International Breakfast buffet at the hotel, we headed to the Great Wall of China, one of the seven wonders of the world!

So here we were at Juyong Pass (居庸关). This whole pass stretches more than 20km long. It provides protection to the northwest Beijing.

Here's a group shot before we set off the conquer the flights of Great Wall of China.

Linda Jie Jie, our Chinese tour leader, briefed the group thoroughly on the history of the Great Wall and its origins. Everyone in the team couldn't wait to to explore this wondrous site.  

As we climbed up the flight of steps, we took breaks not only catch our breaths but also to enjoy the majestic view of the beautiful terrain and mountains.  

'Are we there yet?' 

'Are we there yet?' 

 ‘Yea! We did it!'

It was a challenging feat but the whole group, including the teachers, conquered almost a thousand flight of steps. According to the girls, it was 747 steps to be exact!

There is a Chinese saying that says '不到长城非好汉' 

One who fails to reach the Great Wall is not a hero.

So here we are, presenting to you all our lovely heroines!

Don't be fooled by the girls. Coming down the hundreds of steps is never easy too! But it was definitely a happy and relieved moment!

Celebrating our  feat with a lovely fellow climber from Russia.

After lunch, we returned back to the city, for our shopping street and XingHua Bookshop and Silk Street.

 Our happy girls with their new bought 'friend'.

It has been a wonderful and eye-opening experience for all of us and we are all thankful to have a chance to be involved in this Dance Programme. We can't wait to be back and share with everyone else what a great trip it has been. 
For now, rest well and we will meet again when school reopens. Happy holiday!