We both had a really bad nights sleep! Woke up at 4.30 and neither of us could get back to sleep, and finally got up at 6.30. The good thing was that it was really sunny, and the rain had cleared the mist. Apparently it wasn't smog in the city, it was just mist. The worst thing about China is breakfast. They eat the same stuff for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We went to the "bakery" around the corner, but even there they are selling buns with candy floss on top ...

Today we visit the Great Wall of China! The Great Wall of China is 6300km long (or 10,000 lee using ancient Chinese measurement). The section we are visiting is 76km from Beijing and is the Mutianyu section. The first part of the wall was built in 221 B.C. Every Emperor since the 14th century B.C. has built a part of the wall which was called the Ming dynasty. Random Fact: Wolf's droppings were used to create smoke signals from the towers on the great wall. All...

Day 2 in Beijing. Today is the day we meet our tour guide and fellow travellers. Had a terrible nights sleep still trying to get used to the time change. The smog was even worse today and the temp has dropped but still ok to wear a t-shirt & jeans. We decided to go to the Summer Balace so we got the subway which is 2yuan 20p and a taxi, the taxi journey was about 20mins and only cost 30yuan which is about £3 BARGAIN! The subway is brilliant apart from peo...

We touched down in a very smoggy Beijing at 10.20am local time. We were over an hour late due to Russia deciding to close their airspace...we had to circle over Russia for an hour! Didn't matter too much, I just laughed my way through Cyrus and Grown-ups - good films. The plane food was pretty good too. We had chicken curry, but then Therese got oil all on her pants, then spilt handwash on her pants, then the guy next to her spilt brandy everywhere! Caught the A...