Jiaojiehe Valley and the Great Wall

Our own Jiaojiehe House:

Jiaojiehe environs:

Watch how the colours change in the autumn/winter according to the lighting and vegetation cover...

October (midday):

November (late afternoon)

December (morning)

The areas of the Great Wall nearest to Jiaojiehe are known as Mutianyu (touristified see http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/scene/beijing/mutianyu.htm) and Jiankou (definitely untouristified, see http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/scene/beijing/jiankou.htm). 

This is Jiankou in two different seasons:

Yuehong in May

And my son Chris at the same spot in October:


Rob and Yuehong Dickinson

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