Our next adventure- China

We flew from Kathmandu to Delhi and boarded our plane to Beijing.......only to be told that there was a 'small' problem with our plane. It was ok, just that it couldn't turn??!!
Honestly that was the explanation we got. And so we were delayed for 24hrs. The only good thing was that we were put up in a very new plush hotel & fed gorgeous food all for free. It was so luxurious that secretly Danny & I were hoping we'd be delayed even longer ;-)

So we finally arrived in Beijing, and I think only then did it dawn on us just how massive a country China is! I know that sounds ridiculous but it's true & there was so much for us to see & do.

We settled in a bit too easy to be honest, as we soon met up with Jonathan & Renea (friends we'd met at EBC) and went out on the p**s! But after the initial partying we got down to some serious sight-seeing.

We did all of the usual - first Tiananmen Square which was sooooooo big! Maybe thats a too obvious statement to make but it' really is.......the Forbidden City, the Olympic Village, and of course not forgetting the Great Wall which was truly amazing. It's incredible to see it spread for Miles before your eyes. Another great place we visited was Art District 768. We spent hours here looking at some incredible modern art which made a great escape from the traditional touristy places.

overlooking the Forbidden City

The Olympic Village

Art District 768

But of all of the places, landmarks & temples we visited our most favourite was the Summer Palace - which as it sounds was where the royal family spent their Summer holidays. It took us almost 4 hours to get around. We just wandered & gazed & lost ourselves for a few hours which was just lovely.

At the Summer Palace

written by

mich_and_dan_moors on June 19, 2011 from Beijing, China

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