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Yesterday:
- Bit of a crazy day, we'd planned to have a bit of a relaxed one and just visit the lama temple, but in the end we went off on a whim to find a place called Fragrant Hill. We got the tube to where we thought it was and realised we'd have to get a bus. Chinese buses are CRAZY, they only cost 10p for a 45 minute journey and as soon as you get on the doors are almost shut on you and the driver has slammed his foot down so everyone goes flying and no-one speaks english at all so we didn't really know where we'd end up.
- We finally got there and it was this small town surrounded by mountains, pretty awesome views. We climbed to the top of one of these mountains (Willsy says it was a hill, but then he waited at the bottom) and could see the whole of beijing from the top. One of the best things i've done yet.
Today:
- Did the Great Wall of China today. EPIC. Loved it. Got to see a jade factory, silk factory, pottery stuff and a tea tasting session on the way back too because it was a tour. Loving the tea, first i've had since we left (we're converts to Chinese tea now - Black Dragon is our fav).
All the days are so long because Bejing is so big it takes you forever to get anywhere so we always get back really late and end up eating really late too.
We've started to get in the swing of not getting ripped off now. Yesterday we bought 12 bottles of mineral water for 76p! Its just annoying with the food because they purposely put the prices up on the "English" menu and theres no way of proving it because we obviously cant read chinese. Simons actually trying to learn it which is a bit mental as there are 3000 characters! Also they don't know many English words so they only translate about a quarter of the menu. We're going to have to start going in and pointing at Chinese words and hoping for the best.
Tomorrow we're going to Xi'an to see the Terracotta Army. Unfortunately we could only get hard seats on the train (which is apparently a plank of wood) and its a 12 hour night train!! See you on the otherside. x
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