

Beijing, China
Met most of the group at 8am and caught a local bus to the gardens surrounding the Temple of Heaven to watch the Chinese doing their morning exercises. One of the strangest but most brilliant things I have ever seen. Every morning (and evening) loads of people flock to the parks to take part in group exercise. This ranges from ballroom dancing to diablo throwing. What we had previously assumed to be children's play areas turned out to be adult outdoor gymnasiums,...