hello so we went to the Great Wall on saturday, walked about 2 hours of it. Amazing views :-) the chair lift ride was a bit hair raising..... we also went to tienamen square on Sat afternoon, since it has just been their holiday season it was packed full of Chinesse but was a good too see it.We then had our farewell tour dinner at a lovely restaurant with live music - michael jackson, a belly dancer with a snake!!! just what u want whilst u eat !!!! On Sunday we...

After out time in Mongolia we boarded the train again for another 36 hour train journey this time to Beijing. Seemed like a walk in the park this time, except the boarder crossings. After 2 hours at the Mongolian border and then 4 hours at the chinese border we were finally on our way. On our first evening we sampled the local food and of course went for Peking Duck followed by some beers and walk around. On the second day we headed off on a 2 hour bus journey t...

so days 4-9 were spent on the Trans Mongolian Express; the train journey consisted of eating noodles, reading, looking out the window, napping, drinking vodka, nappng, eating noodles and sleeping .... :-) finally arrived into Ulaanbaatar on the morning of Monday 28th; we were extremly tired after suddenly loosing 6 hours at the mongolian border. It is a big city and the traffic is chaos. we spent the 1st day eating and seeng the sites which included Chengis Khan...

Day 1 So after an early start we arrived at Heathrow for a 9.30 flight to Moscow. After stocking up on food at the airport we found out we got a meal included and free drink which was a result. After several naps and snacks we got chatting to Dave who was sat next to us, Turns out he actually helped build the hostel we're staying in, small old world and he's married to a russian lady but still on a English Visa so had to pop home every 30 days. Seemed nice up un...

well we arrived in russia today; we were goin to eat out but we couldnt read the menu so ended up with heineken and a martini then a kebab on the way home! we met Dave on the plane he was helpful; green metro, 3rd stop :-) well leftover boots meal deal and bed i think; lots of love C and R xx