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Laura & Stu On Tour
Arrived safely in China, after a 10 hour flight. At heathrow, we both got searched (X-Rayed), and then had to sit in different parts of the plane. Still, stu got some peace and quiet! Amazingly, managed to get the Shuttle bus from Beijing Airport, and decided to walk to the Hostel from the stop, (perhaps not a wise move when you're not sure where you're going!), but so many helpful people made sure we got here.
Hostel is pretty nice! Got our own room and shower, posh us, eh! Had some great meals, but worked out they can spot an english face a maile off, and bring out the expensive menu. We're getting wise to it now though.
Have walked miles since we got here, been to the White cloud Temple (very peaceful), and the Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City and several gorgeous parks. They are amazing!!! Got quite a few photos, but the language on the computers is Chinese, so can'e work out exactly the correct way to upload them. its a bit of pot luck.
Sights so far: Hair dressers on the street corner, crickets in baskets being sold, (kittens too - hoping they were for pets), some one taking a gold fish for a walk and Chairman Mao watches being sold by the street sellers.
Well, only 4 days in, catching the sleeper train to Xi'an tonight. Bye for now x
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