Beijing surroundings...

After having fetched Yannick folk on Friday morning, we went directly on a one-day excursion to Chengde to visit two nice temples, one of which is a replica of the Dalai Lama's temple in Lhassa.
On saturday afternoon, we head north to a small village next to the Great Wall. After a very short night of sleep, Yannick, Benoit - Yannick's cousin - and I climbed up to the mountain top. We managed to make it to the Great Wall before the sunrise (4.45), which was, as the pictures show, highly rewarding...
Then we walked on the Great Wall until noon, and met the other members of the group (which had not shown as much 'bravitude').