Exploring The Great Wall Of China For The First Time For the past 10 years I have been exploring different beautiful countries but one country that was still untouched was China. China is also the most beautiful country around the globe. And, today I am going to encounter The Great Wall Of China for the first time. Hi Friends! My name is Alan Jones and I live in New York. Mostly, I love to be a solo traveler so I decided to travel to China alone. I was a bit nervous though as this was the first time that I am going on a long distance journey. To reach Beijing from New York it takes more than 1 day and 9 hours. That is really a long distance from New York.