Well we have arrived in China! The flight was long and rather boring (12 hours) but uneventful. The new airport at Beijing is incredible. It is shaped like a dragon and is about 1.5km long. We had to board a train to go to the baggage collection, but it all went like clockwork and nothing was lost. You seem to walk forever once out of the plane,...

Today Yafan took us on a cultural journey through Beijing. In order to avoid the massive crowds he suggested we leave early for the Temple of Heaven which was quite beautiful. Whether it was smog or not we tended to think of it as an early mist to give ambience to our visit. Yafan was clearly a history buff which was great because he gave meanin...

Day 1 in China. We ran into our first hiccup on leaving the airport. We have picked the National 4 day Long weekend to arrive in Beijing when all of China also decides to come and visit it's captial.