Day 4-5 The Great Wall of China Ni Hao! Dave, aka the beard, here! Saturday began with an early bus ride (6am!) to the Great Wall. After arriving at one of the basecamps (and walking through snow!) we began our ascent of the wall. 'Out of this World' is the only way to describe our walk along the wall that day. Despite the below freezing temperatures, the sun was out and the views were incredible. And they just kept getting better the higher we went! It was a p...

Beard Watch! Well its been a little while since I wrote last so as you can imagine growth is going well!! Dave is really starting to look like a yetti! Hair and beard are merging into one and his face is slowly disappearing! Though now we're in China I'm a little jealous as I think its keeping him warm and I'm freezing!!

Intrepid Tour of China Days 1-3 Beijing After 2 days of travelling from Joberg through Singapore to Shanghai with one night there before heading on to Beijing, and 17 hours of flights, we FINALLY arrived at our starting hotel!! China is FREEZING (-2/-3) compared to what is been like in South Africa so for the first day we frooze to death and walked around like penguins huddled together!! We were pleasently suprised (indeed!) to find ourselves staying in a very ...