Trip Reports & Photos archives: August 2024

  1. Countryside Cycling, 2024/08/25

    Countryside Cycling, 2024/08/25

    We rode an easy 26km on one of the rare (recently) rain-free days, following country roads, riverside trails, forest tracks, and cornfield paths—see 12 photos.
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  2. Yajishan Temple Circuit, 2024/08/24

    Yajishan Temple Circuit, 2024/08/24

    See shots of the temples on the top of Yaji Mountain, with a few photos from the trail around the back of the mountain.
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  3. Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/08/18

    Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/08/18

    We ended up hiking here after everywhere else closed down due to a forecast for heavy rain, and we were lucky to get the hike done before any rain arrived—see fourteen photos from the hike.
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  4. Nine-Eyes Tower and the Jiankou ‘Big West’ Great Wall, 2024/08/11

    Nine-Eyes Tower and the Jiankou ‘Big West’ Great Wall, 2024/08/11

    Fifteen photos from a hike up to Nine-Eyes Tower at the Jiankou Great Wall, six bonus photos of mushrooms!
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  5. Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/08/03

    Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/08/03

    Twelve shots from a humid hike up on the Great Wall at Gubeikou—low clouds above, green hills all around.
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