We went to the Great wall(Badaling) and the Ming tombs in a small group (7) with Jenny as guide. The tour was well planned and as a whole it was a great experience. The pickup at the hotles and the transportation worked perfectly, and Jenny and the driver (didn\'t get his name) were both very nice people. The wall is obviously impressive, and the Ming tomb(s) was interesting. These parts of the tour were complete successes.
We did not know in advance that there were two stops at \"shops\" (later i found it was mentioned on the web page). The first one was at the run-ze jade garden, where a pleasant and well prepared guide introduced us to jade and the handicraft. There was no pressure to buy things, but we actually ended up spending quite a lot of money there. Then we had dinner at the jade factory. The dinner was good, and well suited to our western tastes.
The second \"shop\" was the dongwu silk factory. This was much more sales oriented, and after a short and interesting explanation about silk and silk worms, we were supposed to buy something. We were more tired now, and we were not too convinced about the price/quality relation at the factory, so we did not buy much.
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