hello again everyone. coming to the end of day two and i think we are still both getting over the jetlag we are both nakered, although we have walked more in these two days than the whole of last year. we went to the temple of heaven 2day which is a serious ofvery impressive buildings and a big temple built in the 1400's, pretty cool. also surrounded by acres of trees, was quite relaxing actually. were finding things quite different here, still getting stared...

hello everybody from alex and ash in beijing, chrisinting the blog. we arrived here safely and hassle free thanks to a transfer from a random old chinese guy in his ancient vw. its 22.30 on the 27th here and we think we've been awake about 36 so were both dead on our feet. we've explored a little today and have until saturday when we leave for the great wall. were going to a kung fu show tomorrow night. met up with the group today, their alrite, mostly brit...