Erenhot, China
We had originally planned on leaving Beijing a few days earlier but several things, mainly our laziness and a missed bus, meant we were on a slightly tighter schedule, ie if we didn't get this next bus then we're stuffed!
After already buying the tickets in the morning, we headed back to the Bus station again at about 3pm, and finally got on our Bus to Erlian (on the China Mongolia Border) at about 5pm. We were just getting comfortable, peering out the window ...