Crowds at the Great Wall

What do they have at the Great Wall of China? They have crowds. Well, not everywhere. They have crowds at Badaling, the most touristed part of the Great Wall near Beijing. If the Great Wall itself isn’t enough to make an impact, throw in a couple of million Chinese and you’ll soon find that you won’t have to worry about falling asleep on top of the Great Wall. To be fair, I should probably say that I’ve heard that other parts of the Great Wall are not nearly so inhabited and in spots it actually seems deserted. I did the Badaling tour for two primary reasons. The first was that it was easy. The second was that they full day trip only cost $20 and included a really nice lunch.