Most Inspirational Moment
There was nothing that stood out on its own, the whole thing was a blast from start to finish. The bus ride through the streets of China, the various home stays that were used, the food and the quantity of it, the scenery from the Wall and the watch towers, even the climb up from the road to the Wall was breath taking in more ways than one. No there was not one thing there was many.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Jerry was the group leader, a first class chap he was too, a constant flow of information no matter where we were and with an answer to all the questions about the Wall, the tombs, the forbidden city. He kept a constant check on us all the time with updates on what we would be doing and what we could expect on our next track. I dont know what your other group leaders are like but if they are like Jerry then you will have no complaints.
Advice for Potential Travellers
There are a few things that I would like to pass on, firstly if you are thinking of walking the Wall do it ASAP as it is being rebuilt bit by bit and I would guess that it wont be too long before it will have all been done. The other thing I would mention is that the Wall is not flat, in fact you will find if it is not going up at an alarming angle it will be going down in a similar manner, there is very little that is anything like flat. The best thing that you could do to train for this walk is to climb up and down stairs and I mean tens of hundreds, our first walk on the Wall was up 1000 steps just to get to the base of the Wall, I had trained but not for that and it almost stoped me. But it didnt and after I made it to the top the views were worth it. My advice is train on stairs, good luck on your trip