Wuling Excursion

The BNU Physics department arranged a weekend retreat for its faculty, and kindly invited us along. The location was the Wuling Mountains, about a 3 1/2 hour drive, and right in the north-east corner of greater Beijing. In the afternoon we went on a short hike. The scenery is green mountainous with farms in the valleys and on terraces up the hillsides. The main crop seems to be corn, which surprised me since I don't see much corn being eaten. There are also some unreconstructed pieces of the Great Wall here.


Distant Great Wall


Farming Valley


Unreconstructed Great Wall


Arches and Wall


Colorful Butterfly


White Flower


Corn Terraces