We cross into China after a relatively smooth bogey change and minimal customs parlarva and arrive into Beijing at about 2pm where, another friendly face is waiting for me. Bobbie. Bobbie squeals when she sees me and runs up and gives me a hug. Its so nice to see a friend after three weeks with a bunch of hostile a******s.

Bobbie escorts us out of the trains station to the waiting transfer van and we are driven to the hotel. I turn everyone lose after check in and tell them the time to meet for the Great Wall of China tomorrow, thinking my day is over. Oh no, wait, OCD b**** wants everyone to go out for hot pot so we agree to meet at 7pm.

7pm comes and I go down stairs to meet the group, OCD b**** of course has no idea how to get to the place she wants to go for hot pot so of course I have to take the group on the almost hour long journey to get there. When we get there she has no idea what restaurant she wants and picks on that is actually a chain store anyway. Geez, we could have done to one heaps closer than this.

We all order out hot pots, which is basically a metal pot which simmers in the middle of the table and you throw all manner of things in there to boil. My new favourite is lotus root, sounds awful, but probably the most amazing vegetable I've ever eaten. At the end of the meal, Old cantankerous, raises his glass to congratulate and thank OCD b**** for taking them all out to hot pot. OCD b**** scrunches up her young but still crone like face in acceptance of this thanks. Really? Did I not just get you here on the metro? Congratulations on picking a random restaurant which is actually a chain store. Well done, an idiot could have done that.

We leave hot pot and NOW they all want to go to the night markets which is what usually do on this night and what I originally suggested. We get the metro back to Wang Fu Jing, but its now really late and the night markets are closed. I can't help myself, I throw OCB b**** a look that says, see because of you everyone missed this. We walk back to the hotel and my day is mercifully over.