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Beijing is behind us. Beijing and its colourful palates, Beijing and its crowds, Beijing and its unidentified food. Beijing which marks the end of a beautiful journey and the success of our challenge to go from Rennes to Beijing without a plane. Well, at the end, not really. The end of the trip will be on one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Because, we must admit, it looks great. From the bus window, I watch the landscape gradually becoming covered with green mountains. It is nice, I like it better than buildings. I read and reread the articles on the Great Wall of China. Did you know that it is more than 6,000 km long? That it was built over 2,000 years ago? That 10 million workers would have died for its construction (which is roughly 1500 deaths for each kilometer built...)? That it is the greatest human achievement in our History? It is intimidated by these figures that I see it for the first time. Stealthily, in the distance, before entering a tunnel. Two hours after leaving the Chinese capital, we get off the bus. We are in Jinshanling and a car has come to pick us up. We take a small path that climbs up to a village called DongPo and I can't help but imagine ourselves riding a motorcycle. Memories of Mongolia. We arrive in the Liu Hanqiang family's house where we are directly welcomed by a cold beer. The dishes go on and on. It is a real feast that is served to us. As a bonus, we enjoy a view of the Great Wall, which is beautifully lit on this dark night. A handful of hours later, the four of us are awakened by a hearty breakfast. It is four o'clock in the morning. No time to dawdle, we leave to watch the sunrise over the Great Wall of China. There are mornings, like this, when I do not complain too much about getting up at 4:00. When Gustave and Angelina had gone there, the section had not yet been completely restored and we could reach it on foot from the hostel. This is no longer the case today. We were taken by car to the entrance and we bought our two entrances 130 yuans. First steps on the Great Wall of China. It seems unreal to be there. The landscape is very foggy, but already beautiful. The wall is surrounded by countless mountains that form a superb monochrome of blue/green depending on the distance. And the wall meanders gracefully over several peaks. I feel like I am in an old Chinese print. We settle down for the sunrise but can barely guess it through the mist. Anyway, we are taking it all in our eyes! And we are completely alone. We start by walking on a part that is not restored and where the vegetation mixes with the stone. It's really too beautiful. We look to the west, what used to be Mongolia. It is hard to imagine how a soldier must have felt, on that same wall, seeing a formidable army advancing. It is hard to imagine how a soldier must have felt, in this army so feared that it inspired this extraordinary construction. We turn around and continue on the renovated section. It is only after several hours that we meet the first visitors. We greet each other, take some selfies (because yes, we are a bit of stars in China). We are far away from the crowds of the sections of the wall like Badaling or Mutianyu, all close to Beijing. We climb a lot. The steps are sometimes very high, always irregular. The coasts are sometimes steep, without steps, I often have the impression to progress vertically. Then we go back down, then we go up... We scramble thus during seven hours, lucky to be there, amazed. After this hike, we go back to the Liu Hanqiang family who were waiting for us for lunch. We had booked an extra night in the hostel, which was not really necessary, but it allowed us to admire the sunset on the Great Wall of China. The loop is closed.