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11th October - Day 8
Today is the day we left Beijing for Taian on a bullet train, we got a second class seat but have to say it was great , so much space and the 2 hour journey was so quick. It was hitting speeds of 300 km/hr. The journey was so easy and on time, the scenery was beautiful, mountains and green everywhere, felt a little like home.
Arrived to Taian and got a train to our hostel. All I can say what a wicked town we are staying in, the town we stayed in is named Taishan and it is what I imagined China to be, lots of stalls selling the most random stuff from DIY to fruit. Lots of narrow roads that you can get lost in. Everything is so much cheaper here. Also have been told that this is the most famous town where people come to climb the mountain, so guess what we are doing tomorrow….:D
Also looks like it is an up and coming town as there is so much being built, everywhere you go there are construction sites. Nice to see China like this and people here are so much nicer, smiling and saying hello all the time, even though they stare they are much friendlier about it. That night we went for a stroll and got lost but a friendly guy took us back to our hostel.
Day 9 - The next day we got a bus to the mountain part however they wanted a stupid amount of money so we went to the other side, by bus again.
We got up to a certain point and again they were charging so we decided to just sit, played cards and then headed back to the hostel.
We decided that this town was too quiet so we moved on to Qingdao, however had to queue for an hour to get standing tickets for the next day.
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