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Today we are once again braving the sub zero temparatures and have a whole day of outdoor sightseeing at the Birds Nest Olympic Stadium. Now ordinarily it is probably very easy to see this stadium from the tube station. Today however it is snowing again and there is a heavy fog over the city. We therefore wander off in the wrong direction initially but eventually stumble across the stadium when we are about 50 metres away. Had a wander round and then spent about an hour just sitting watching the chinese workers dismantle a ski slope which has been erected inside the stadium. Don't think they will be finishing until this time next year the way they are going - we have noticed that there is no sense of urgency with anything here and nobody seems to take control to get a job done!! Spent most of the evening catching up on telephone calls at the hostel. Unfortunately I can only get a signal in the common room which means I had endure sub zero temparatures/rain and cigarette smoke whilst making my calls (and yes it is inside!!)
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