Ni Hao! Day 15 - 19/10/09 - Beijing (China) Today was a 9am start with our tour guide, Michelle. Our first stop was to be Tiananmen Square and The Forbidden City. Tiananmen Square was quite large and had decorations and huge TVs around as there had just been a large celebration held there at the beginning of October. The Forbidden City just kept going and going and going. Every time we thought we had reached the end, there was more to come. This is understanda...

Greetings from China! Day 13 - 17/10/09 - Ferry (Japan-China) Today was much the same as yesterday afternoon, and involved relaxing, playing cards, and sleeping most of the day. The meals were not great today, and not being able to eat much left our stomachs not very happy. The weather was very cold and windy, not like the weather we had been used to in Japan. This made for rough seas and a great deal of swaying for 24hrs. Day 14 - 18/10/09 - Ferry (Japan-Chin...