Day 3: Beijing OK, Apparently now that I've uploaded yesterday's blog I can't see what I wrote! So apologies if I'm repeating myself! So yesterday we left at 7am to get the bus to the great wall of china (that was 12am UK time...gross!). It was a 2 hour bus journey, but it flew past. We played a "game" where everyone got a number and then the rest of us could ask them that amount of questions. It was ok actually haha. When we got to the well I don't think I wa...

Day 2 : 21.55 Wow, like just wow! I still can't quite believe I'm actually in china, but getting used to it. I think yesterday it all felt a bit mental and a bit of a culture shock, but now that I'm getting used to it it's not so different... Don't know how long that would last without my fellow English speakers and Chinese guide though! Almost feels like we are in a bit of a bubble! So! Last night we met the rest of our group. There are 15 of us and our "chief...

Day 1 First blog of the trip! Staying in the Tianrui Hotel in Beijing, it's really nice and clean! Sharing my room with a girl from England called Sarah, she seems nice! I'll be seeing quite a lot of her because she's on my next tour as well! Coming here was mental! Not too emotional though which was good, j think by yesterday morning I was just excited! It all seemed pretty normal till I hit heathrow and was actually looking for the boarding gate got Beijing!!...