Day 2 In The Big Beijing House Another day gone.....Long lie this morning after struggling to get to sleep until around 6am.We walked the legs off a donkey today.We got dropped off in the Chaoyang district and took a walk round the shopping mall for a few hours sampling a few vodkas on the way :-) We havent quite mastered the art of map reading as we got lost many a time trying to locate the Hard Rock Cafe. Turns out we ended up walking 4 miles in a circle bef...

Day 1 in the Big Beijing House Well, after 12 hours of flying we finally arrived in Beijing.Hats off to BA.....the chicken curry on the plane was amazing. As for Beijing.... its certainly not what I expected.Hardly anyone speaks English and their choice of food is rather interesting. Today we've had to resort to KFC for lunch and the pre-packed Super Noodles for tea. Have no fear though.......allegedy there is a TGIs and Hard Rock Cafe. On arrival, it was fu...