Just wanted to update you all on our best day yet... The Great Wall of China!!! Hooray...... We were up at 6.30am (way too early to be up on holiday) then we had a 3 hour bus ride to the wall. The only bloody day it rained since we have been here and we took no waterproofs becaise it has been so hot!! Nevermind its only water! We decided not to do the section of the wall nearest to the centre of Beijing as it is supposed to be really touristy and tacky...

Hay, me again (Dan refuses to write as he thinks Sky Sports is much more exciting) Well, we have been in Beijing for nearly a week now. We have done all the touristy trips to the Summer Palace, Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. We didn't get to see the body thought (Chairman Mao has been preserved in a box for people to see) as it was too hot. (Jane, sure you would have loved it!) There is loads of renovation work being done all over Beijing for ...