Day 6 In The Big Beijing House Well deserved break and cheeky wee long after an exhausting day up the Great Wall yesterday. Calf muslces feeling a little tight.... Today was a little cooler so we headed for Beijing Zoo to see the famous Pandas :) Tickets cost 20 CNY (about £2)We were happy with that. Us Scots love a good old bargain. Our first stop in the zoo was the panda enclosure we were greeted by 5 rather large blank and white fur balls who sat proud a...

Day 5 In The Big Beijing House Ni Hao (hello) An early morning start today with a tour of the Underground Palace and Ming Tombs followed by the Great Wall of China. Happy days :) We were picked up at the hotel at 7:30 this morning and greeted by our tour gide Gilan. We then picked up another 3 guests (couple from Romania and a woman from New Zealand) before heading for Ming Tombs, which were about an hour away from the City Centre. On route our tour guide f...

Day 5 In The Big Beijing House Todays venue........Olympic Park, home of the 2008 Olympic games. The day started with a surprisingly calm taxi ride to the Olympic Park.Upon arrival, we were greeted by the usual street sellers trying to sell you everything but their child, however, there were a few bargains to be had so we didnt discourage them. 30 postcards for £2. Can't say fairer than that. After having a look around the Olympic grounds we headed for the ...

Day 3 In The Big Beijing House It was an early morning rise after a good nights sleep (all thanks to Mr Stella Artois) and a perfect day to welcome us. We took a taxi to Happy Valley Theme Park. 20km for £2. Bargain! Appears we picked the wrong day to visit the park. A lot of the main rollercoasters were closed and the park was very busy. Add in 30 degrees heat and the apetite for queuing quickly disappears. We only ended up going on two rides before hea...

Day 2 In The Big Beijing House Another day gone.....Long lie this morning after struggling to get to sleep until around 6am.We walked the legs off a donkey today.We got dropped off in the Chaoyang district and took a walk round the shopping mall for a few hours sampling a few vodkas on the way :-) We havent quite mastered the art of map reading as we got lost many a time trying to locate the Hard Rock Cafe. Turns out we ended up walking 4 miles in a circle bef...