As it was our last day in Beijing we wanted to complete the main attractions to see so tiananmen square was on our list. We decided to get up a bit earlier than we usually do to make most of the day. All of us were ready to go but at last moment Charlene couldn't find her padlock key to gain access to her backpack. We opted to help get to try to find it but after 15 minutes or so I suggested checking her backpack, there it was wrapped up in her blue towel! Eventu...

I woke up feeling a bit rough because i had a sore stomach regardless, i got ready and we all went to Beijing zoo, we were amazed to see that it would only cost us 20 yuan equals 2 pounds which was well cheap. We went straight to the panda house as it was our main reason for going to the zoo in the first place! The adorable pandas looked amazing because it was unique and they looked beautiful with their patched black and white fur! I joked that Asher could fall d...

Got up at 6.30 to catch a tour bus with a few others to great wall of china which took 4 hours there and back. On the journey, i saw some real culture of beijing people such as chinese people wearing their straw hats on farming fields, once we arrived, I was surprised how high up it was and I dreaded walking up to it so I was happy that we all had to get a cable car to get up! We took a load of pictures on the excellent views from the great wall, each of us posed...

On our second day the polluted weather was still there but much more fresher than the first day....perhaps I have become accustomed to Beijing weather! Went to forbidden city and I couldn't believe it when I went to toilet there and discovered the toilets on floor not toilet seats like England! I even saw a Chinese woman peeing with her legs open, shocking! It is their culture after all haha. The forbidden city was inspiring, beautiful details on the roofs and th...

Arrived in Beijing after nearly missing the flight! Decided to share a taxi between the five of us, i was amazed to see that it would cost us 550 yuan, but we decided that we wanted to get there asap as we were incredibly tired after a 10.5 hours flight. During the journey to the forbidden city hostel, I saw so many different things such as how poor they was, the buildings was literally falling apart however nearer to the Beijing city centre, it was reasonable as...