We stayed at the Great wall Box House for 5 nights in the picturesque village of Gubeikou. Most people stay for 1 night as a side trip from Beijing, but honestly, I could have spent another week! The Box House was one of the coolest places we have stayed on this trip. Categorized as a “hostel” it is nothing like what most people imagine when you use the word “hostel.” We commondeered the bunk room, which is typically reserved one bed at a time, and had plenty of room for all of us to spread out. The wifi ROCKED which was a total shock to all of us…we had downloaded tons of books and movies in anticipation of being “cut off” from the Internet for 6 days 
The meals were an amazing spread of vegetarian dishes and the bathrooms were simply divine relative to anything else we had encountered in China.
But most importantly, The Box House sits right next to an amazing stretch of the Great Wall! This afforded us the luxury to hike up for sunsets, sunrises and everything else in between. We leisurely explored The Great Wall each day, heading in new directions and hoping we would end up in a place that would point us home. The village of Gubeikou was fun to meander around as well. For anyone contemplating a visit to Beijing and The Great Wall, I would highly recommend a stint in The Box House!
Of course, Jones had to do one of his epic tours…here it is!
Typical dinner at The Box House
Spring blooms all around the village!
Tuck trying out the exercise equipment in town. You can find it in public places everywhere around China for people to use
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