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Hello everyone, this is blog 1!!!
We are currently about 1/2 way through our stay in Beijing and its going great so far.
Flight was pretty good, although once reaching China our temperatures were checked three times, we were fine though.
We still havent adjusted to the time difference yet (+7 hours) but have managed to do a fair bit. One of the hardest things we have found is that no-one speaks English, luckily though Leos uni mate Edd is living in Beijing at the moment and has been our translater/interpreter. It has helped us to go a bit more off the beaten track and away from the major tourist sites.
We have done a fair few tourist things like Forbidden City/Olympic Site/Beijing Zoo to name a few (Photos to follow) which have all been good. Should be heading off the the Great Wall tomorrow as well!
Food has been realy nice so far, had a whole duck with pancakes last night which was awesome and they then took the bones and made a soup out of them!
The hostel we are staying in is ok, we have a private room with a tv that has one english channel!!
Unfortunately the loos are squatter ones which have taken a little getting used to!!
Can't put any pictures up todday but should get a chance at the end of the week before we head to Australia so watch this space.
Hope all is well in England, has been about 32C here today!!
Lots of Love,
Dave and Leo
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