A great day at the Great Wall

We climbed the Great Wall of China today. It was over an hour bus ride to the site from the hotel. You can see that the sky is a little overcast, but it didn't slow us down. In the afternoon, we had already left the Great Wall and went to the Jade factory -- it started raining. Oh well. We went to the 13th Emperor's tomb to check out some of the history of this area. It was interesting to see how much effort the Emperor and his group put into making the tomb a comfortable place 'forever'.

We were able to catch most of the Beijing Acrobat Performance this evening. There was very bad traffic trying to get around Beijing because of 'rush hour' and the rain. It was a day jam-packed full of cultural and history experiences.

Tomorrow, we are up early in the morning and off to the Summer Palace. That's the place where the Emperor would spend the summer months when it was just too hot in the city. We have a full day planned here in Beijing and then, catch our plane to Xiamen in the early evening. We should arrive to Xiamen after a two hour flight.

A few of our group were motion sick from the long bus ride. But, its more punishment from the other 26 group of health care workers trying to take care of whoever is not feeling great, than to just paint on a smile and keep going. We are taking good care of each other.

Its been a busy, interesting and fun experience being on this trip. We'll message after our flight tomorrow (as soon as possible) so you'll know we're doing fine.

Missing you -- the group of WSU study abroad faculty and students