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Winter wonderland at Yunmengshan, Beijing
Saturday, 16. January 2021 Up in the northern part of Beijing, some 90km or 1.5 hour drive from the city’s center, lies Yunmengshan, a scenic area very close to the Miyun reservoir. In summer, visitors can “hike” the stairs up the mountain, past waterfalls and steep mountain cliffs. In winter, it becomes a frozen fairytale…
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Hiking along The Great Wall Mutianyu
This is a flashback to last year winter, in early January 2016, when we hiked along the Great Wall at Mutianyu.
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Heilongtan National Scenic Area – Beijing’s Black Dragon Pond
Some 60 k out of Beijing one can visit the Black Dragon Pond, or Heilongtan, in Miyun district. The area is marked by a collection of small ponds of clear water, that are fed by a well somewhere in the mountains above. It is a nice change to the busy city life in Beijing proper,…