The Alan Partridge Incident So here i am at Beijing train station to catch the overnight train, and i dash in to the shop there to get some supplies for the evening, as the only beer on the train is warm and overpriced.as i have previously mentioned, because labour is so cheap, all the stores have tons of staff.so anyway, being the gorgeous charming westerner that i am, i always attract their attention and i was looking for some cold beer. once again having mad...

Beijing and the sex shop Photos March 7thThis town is absolutely choked with pollution, i can not believe it, it is so hazy with smog. On top of that they are also rebuilding everything within eyesight of the games so there is also dust from all the building work as well.Tiananmen square is huge and really impressive, and you can really feel the communist control. Add on top of that all the protests with Tibet and the Olympics, and a huge mistrust of foreigners,...

The Train to Beijing and the Chicken feet April 4th Now in full blown "traveller" economy mode i chose the 9 hour hard seater train over the 5 hour soft seater in order to save a massive 8 pounds....... yes it is true, i never thought it possible, and yes it is killing me, but i have to just think of it as a days free beer. So never having been on a "hard seater" (their name for cheapest) i thought surely it can not be any worse than mona...