April 20th 2013
So we are here, arrived in Beijing after a long flight, sat next to a crying babe and a women covered in sick! A delayed flight from Leeds didn't impact one of our challenges for a McDonald's in every country, so even managed a cheese burger in Amsterdam :)
Been exploring the city and had lunch in a noodle bar, lots more of that to come I imagine, photos to come in time!
Hostel is okay, basic but adequate.
Culture is different, people seem to spend most of there time staring mouth open at me, maybe its because I tower over them in everyway!
Walked through a night food market, choice of snake, testicles, pigs trotters and duck, not quite ready for the balls yet! Ill get photos over the next day or so.
Tired and ready for a good sleep. Tomorrow is the Forbidden City and CCTV building.
April 21st 2013
Slept for 14hours last night, longest sleep I've had in a very long time, jet lag all gone and body clock on track.
Been to see Tiananmen square which was good also the CCTV building, it looks like a massive pair if trousers, tea round the Beihai lake and the Buddhist temple.
Street food dinner was good, duck wraps and dumplings, we both ate for about £4.40 altogether!
First problem today as our bike taxi said ¥3 but took us down a ally, stopped and demanded ¥300, an argument broke out, eventually we pushed him and ran away, shit us both up a lot, no more bike taxis ever! Good news is he was old and very out of breath from biking my fat ass around, scary though, lesson learnt!
James Isobel
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