Sunday 20 September I wake way too early when I wanted to sleep in. There is a movie on called click. About a magical remote that allows you to mute, fast forward, volume up/down etc. The guy ends up missing most of his life and it gets to where he can fix it coz the remote goes on auto from learned behaviours. The importance of now. The good and the bad. Our friends message and tell us we can leave our bags in their room. We pack up and head to their floor. We...

Saturday 19 September We have to be ready by 6:30 to leave for the Great Wall. I wake around five kind of anxious but fall asleep again once I realise the time. The trip by private bus takes about 2 hours. It's lovely scenery and there isn't much traffic. We take a shuttle to the base, receive a brief history of the wall and then have options of walking up or taking a cable car. We walk. It's lots of stairs and I'm slow. The last in our group to the top. The v...

Friday 18 September I wake early and can't go back to sleep on the hard benches. I watch some shows on the tablet to pass the time till it's more reasonable to get up. We are in china! There are a lot of tunnels we go through. Breakfast is fine, but I discover my oiled feta and olives are not seal proof and there is a messy oil mess to clean. The scenery is lovely and hilly. Green. We arrive at Beijing station a little early and get a group picture once off. It...

Thursday 17 September I wake before the alarm and decide to work on my blog. It doesn't take long to get ready and packed. I have some stomach cramps and I heard some other mentioned it and I'm a little worried about getting sick. We meet downstairs by 7am. It's -1 according to iPhone. The bus is here and we get aboard and head to the train station. The train is waiting so we get straight on. This is probably the most basic train so far. We get settled and wait...

Wednesday 16 September It gets cold about 4am and I don't really sleep after that, but am pleased when someone comes to light a fire again. Malcolm tops it up. I get up before 8:30 and walk up to a small pagoda on the hill. It's spitting very lightly. It's cold, but so pretty and peaceful. The yellow leaves are like gold. Breakfast is nice and afterward I finish packing my bag and go for a walk up the hills surround in the camp. Malcolm has another go at archer...