Huanghuacheng Great Wall.

My two couchsurfers, Simone and Thibeaut, along with 'G', Maki, and Javem made a voyage out to the Huanghuacheng (Yellow Flower City) section of the Great Wall today.

Huanghuacheng was chosen for two reasons: it was a new section for me to conqueror and that there were no direct buses to this section of the wall, limiting accessibility by tourists who tend to destroy the genuine feeling of climbing the wall. Our private driver we hired was a chipper one who laughed a lot and was very animated.

It took us all about 5 hours to walk along the wall, and throughout our journey, we hadn't come across anybody else, let alone any tourists!

The Golden Pömpel came along for the journey.