14th Today we just wander the streets of Emeishan. We visit a few temples and shrines. The park area is very lush and green. It seems that every second shop is a restaurant followed by a mini mart. Business must be very competitive. So far we havent had a bad meal yet. All the food has been good, with lots of hot chile. By the end of the day i am ready to snap. Even though there are big signs up stating not to use your car horn, they all do. Even in front of t...

10th Finally a blue sky day. Yes we are lucky to have 1 blue sky day in Beijing, pity we fly out today. The flight is not till 3.30pm. After breakfast we decide to take the subway to Tiananmen Square to see what it is like when it is not covered in smog. Cannot believe the amount of people here already. Anyway the square looks totally different when bathed with sunshine. Flowers blooming in immaculately maintained gardens. We take some pictures and head back. W...

8th June Wishful thinking did not get us a Blue Sky Day. Another day of grey/brown haze. We have not seen the sun since landing in Beijing. Not to worry as we will make the most of our time here enjoyable. Today we walk to see the forbidden Palace, about a 30 minute walk. There are so many people here, and then i realise its Saturday. Maybe it would not be as crowded during a week day. Little disappointed. There are so many tour guides yelling through their lou...

After a great nights sleep we get ready to visit the Great wall at Mutianyu. Its about a 2 hour drive form the city. We have booked a local guide by the name of Kevin to take us to see the wall. He is charging me $90 for the transport in a mini bus, a driver and Kevin the tour guide. The weather is not kind to us, as it is raining with thick fog. We leave the city and after an hour or so we actually start to see clouds as we leave the pollution behind. It rains...

Departing from Shanghai we gave ourselves 2 hours before departure to check in and proceed to the boarding gate. Well check in was pretty smooth only taking 5 minutes. The next step was security. This took 20 minutes and was done with any problems. After leaving security we headed to gate number 91 of 200 gates. It was a long walk, 750 metres. This airport is huge to say the least. the terminal would have to be around 1.5 ks long. As we arrive at the gate they ...