Capital Hotel Beijing

... until you are actually on it. Had lunch at the hotel at the wall then drove to the Summer Palace. Another impressive set of buildings and gardens. We were supposed to take a boat ride on the lake but due to the winds earlier in the day, the ride was cancelled. We walked down an outside corridor that is the longest continuous corridor in the world.

Our National Guide and Local Guide have been excellent, The trip has been a great learning experience.

... us ages to find it & when we got there it was closed, permanently!! its really funny because anything Broc wants to visit its either to late or closed!! Sickened! We decided to head to Olympic Village for a look! We got there & it was still open!! Haha! I rented a pair of roller skates for a spin, crossed a 5 lane road, ran into a post to stop myself, but when I got to the gate the guards wouldn't let in! Had to go the whole way back to return them, while Broc was fit ...

... am back", which we yelled as we crossed. Some of the other foreign tour groups did not have such kind guides because they were allowed to cross under the gate in the wrong direction. I did notice that their guides slyly manuevered around the gate. I know my guide was not blowing smoke up my *** because the "red hats" all crossed under the gate yelling the same expression. Onward to the whole reason for this trip, the Great Wall.

Well i reluctantly left Nepal for China. Travelling to beijing involved a long trip on three different planes, changing in Lhasa and Chengdu. So after crossing the spectacular Tibetan plateau i spent 20 minutes on the ground in Lhasa airport. I was travelling with a girl call Marieke who I met in the checkin queue in Kathmandu. Arrived at the hostel in Beijing at about 1am, the Peking Downtown Backpackers. The guy at reception was a legend sorting me out with the ...

... asked to see my tongue. From this, he stated my kidneys and stomach needed attention. He prescribed Bu Shena Yo HI Capsules (2 months for kidneys) and Wei An Pills (1 month for stomach). I did not make any purchases (all these pills would have cost roughly $240) however since I'm not a true believer. Also, I would guess that most males my age have stomach and kidney issues, so in my way of thinking, the professor's diagnosis ...

... She kept asking us when we were leaving (obviously not early enough) because by the last night she moved rooms - yeay! We joined a sardine packed bus to the Summer Palace. It was very misty and of course the main area was covered in scaffolding in time for the Olympics. It was a beautiful palace and the Long Corridor's paintings were our favourite. There was a series of large rocks, the largest is the largest in any Chinese garden and was described as blue - even though it was ...