Canadian World Traveller Spring 2019 Issue
Now in our 17th year of publishing, Canadian World Traveller explores the culture and history of worldwide destinations, sharing the adventure of discovery with our readers and motivating them to make their travel dreams a reality. Published quarterly, CWT helps sophisticated, independent Canadian travellers choose their next destination by offering a lively blend of intelligent, informative articles and tantalizing photographic images from our World’s best destinations, cruises, accommodations and activities to suit every traveller's taste
Now in our 17th year of publishing, Canadian World Traveller explores the culture and history of worldwide destinations, sharing the adventure of discovery with our readers and motivating them to make their travel dreams a reality. Published quarterly, CWT helps sophisticated, independent Canadian travellers choose their next destination by offering a lively blend of intelligent, informative articles and tantalizing photographic images from our World’s best destinations, cruises, accommodations and activities to suit every traveller's taste
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Article and photography by Michael Morcos<br />
Think back to when you were a child<br />
and the many exotic ideas China<br />
would elicit in your imagination. The<br />
grandeur and you will get a glimpse of all this<br />
in Gubei Water Town. Perfectly restored historic<br />
buildings, cobble stoned streets, arched<br />
bridges, water canals and the majestic Great<br />
Wall as a back drop would be the ideal setting<br />
for a child’s fairy-tale novel. This is a marvellous<br />
atmosphere by day as well as a romantic<br />
setting by night.<br />
Gubai would be just the beginning of a two<br />
city tour that would end in the dazzling city of<br />
Beijing.<br />
Gubei Water Town<br />
Situated in Miyun County in Beijing, Gubei<br />
Water Town lies on the shore surrounding the<br />
beautiful Mandarin Duck Lake Reservoir and<br />
contains the Simatai Great Wall, a majestic<br />
section of the Great Wall.<br />
For visitors, Gubei Water Town has a myriad<br />
of attractions with its combination of mountains,<br />
water and ancient villages and has<br />
developed into a large-scale sightseeing and<br />
holiday destination.<br />
I started my visit with a boat ride on the canals<br />
which was very relaxing and offered wonderful<br />
scenery. The best part was that the pilot<br />
would only use muscle power to get around,<br />
so there was no motor to disturb the silence.<br />
I then visited the garment museum with its<br />
exhibition of the fashions of this ancient land<br />
– enlightening and beautiful. Another fasci-<br />
nating part of our visit was a trip to a liquor<br />
making facility that makes Chinese style spirits.<br />
A great experience and one that offered<br />
some interesting taste tests.<br />
I also enjoyed many Chinese delicacies in<br />
restaurants throughout the city.<br />
Simatai Great Wall<br />
This would be the third section of the Great<br />
Wall that I have visited. The other two were as<br />
magnificent as this one is, but the Simatai section<br />
is far less crowded, so much so that I felt<br />
at times free to just sit and imagine of the<br />
many centuries through history it has been<br />
there.<br />
Being situated high in the mountains would<br />
make one believe it would take hours and a
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