Day 44 June 3 2013 Lonely Planet No idea why they call the series of Books " Lonely Planet”, especially the China edition as "Lonely is a term which is difficult to use in China. Beijing being is a city of about 16 million people I have been told and China in general with a population of 1.3 billion and counting, is definitely not a Lonely Planet here. I will come back to the Lonely Planet later. This morning I had a chance to try out the Beijing unde...

Day 41 1 June 2013 Big brother Big brother is here, I have no doubt about that. If something was to happen and I needed to be found, the authorities would find me in a day if not sooner. How is that possible in country of over a billion people>? Easy! . Everyone has an identification card and mine is my passport. The tracking system is simple. When you go to a hotel /hostel whatever, your details are recorded from your passport and given to the local police...