I was curious to see if any changes have affected The Wall. The Wall remained the same, but the approach to it now had a cable car and a village of various shops. A community designed to supply the demands of visitors with endless souvenirs and all made in China.
We found a quiet day on the Wall with few tourists around. That made it enjoyable taking photos as it was cherry blossom time. The view unchanged and it remained spectacular.
On the way back we were booked at one of the standard revolving-centre-piece-with-numerous-dishes-restaurant. The bus driver couldn’t find it, and we ended up at a very expensive North American owned restaurant.
The East Indian waiter had a familiar accent; he was from Vancouver. The Chef and Sous Chef were from California and were introducing “slow food” to the area. A concept of locally grown organic food with local recipes prepared by the women that live nearby. He had also started a piggery for meat served at the restaurant.
An old brickyard building was tastefully converted to accommodate overnight guests and the comfortable restaurant. Besides the vegetable gardens, it has well-maintained flower gardens, and I wasn’t surprised that King Willem-Alexander from the Netherland had previously stayed there.
I hope that this concept would take off in this vast country.
Somewhere I spotted a more playful wall and smiled as I left
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