Friday : sunny We just got another good breakfast in before the buffet closed. Then we hit the pavement around 11am to get some kilometers under our belt. Very different looking sky today compared to yesterday, a lot more smog unfortunately. We went to a train ticket office conveniently next to the hotel and bought fast train tickets to Beijing for tomorrow. Easy buy too the lady spoke English well, glad we were able to get them today rather than at the station...

Thursday : sunny Lucky we set an alarm to get us up this morning, other wise we would of missed breakfast on Kim's Birthday What a breakfast too, they had everything. It was so good to have cereal and fruit. The breakfast room was very nice, it used to be a ball room. It has overhead balconies like in an opera theatre. Big domed ceiling with ledlight sections to let natural light in. Just what Kim needed for a birthday breakfast, she was happy. After stuffing o...