8th Apr 2006 1:39 AM
Spotted a tour (well a bus) going frm the youth hostel that takes us down the wall and then picks us up 10km down it.
Was up at 5:30 for the 4 hour coach journey (they decided suspension on coaches was for the weak in china) but the part of the wall we got too was very non-touristy which was great. was the best day weather wise not a cloud in the sky and met some other Brit guys who walked with us. Well i say walk, some parts are so crumbly and steep feels more like rock climbing! thank god for decent boots. Was truly awe inspiiring and got loads of good photos (as usual ) the steps were the real killers of the journey, but had a great day!
Has established half the taxi drivers in beijing must have been emplyed for about 30mins, i wanted to go to this famous duck restaurant. olsdest one in beijing and 2 out of 3 drivers didnt know where the damn thing was! and when we got their about 8:30 they said we couldnt come in cause they close at 9....9??? a restaurant! luckily the manager sent a steward to direct us to the bacstreets local brach which gets the same duck but is much cheaper casue its for locals. and the food was amazing! will have to go back again before we leave.
In the evening i wanted to find a well known metal bar i had read about, but after wlaking round the location for about an hour i found it had been demolished! much annoyance so ended up going with some the walking buddies to an insanely packed dance place which annoyed the hell out of me! every time i saw a chinese guy trying to be "gangster" i died a little inside....
Have got our train tickets to Ti'an for tuesday which is about 7 hours away to climb mount Tai Shan, a big holy mountian or something ?? Tonight some more bars with a bunch of random dutch girls i beleive and have got tickets for the beijing opera and a kung fu show.
err not too much more to report but this will be first saturday without you guys, have fun and thanks for all the comments and messages. wll try to reply to as many as poss but am all teh busy!
right im heading to behei park now, look out for another update soon!
Law
