Today we went to the Terracotta Warriors, we decided not to get a tour for this as originally planned, due to tyhe fact that we would be taken to loads of factories (i.e Jade Factory). It was relatively simple to get there we jut had to get on the correct bus. Once inside there were 3 main pits, the first being the most complete and most famous. the detail in each soldier and horse was fantastic. We found that most of the soldiers had to be repared or restored (w...

The day after our Great Wall trip was much less enjoyable. We had seen on the TV that the Olympic venues were open for the national week and decided to head there to have a look round and to go inside. It seemed half of Beijing had also decided this, making for a hectic and disappointing day. With no clear way to find out how to buy tickets, or where the entrances were, we ended up only looking around the national stadium (no idea what it's used for, but the Made...