10:00 update. Good morning Beijing! :) Last night we decided not to include The Great Wall in our trip and to take our last day in Beijing easy. So, what we've planned for today is go out to Beihai Park, visit an architecture museum and go to a local theme park. More to come later. Have a great day! :) 22:30 update. Well, we're all done with Beijing and although we did not get to see all of its attractions (including The Big Wall and several temples), we did enj...

20:30 update. After almost avacuating Ami to a hospital last night (we thought he had a small fracture in his left foot), I suggested to try and change his posture a bit, and amazingly enough - it worked! Today we managed to walk apx. 22000 steps withough almost any stress at all. :) We started our day "early" and left the hotel at noon. We wanted to go to the Temple Of Heaven, but due to some disinformation we read in a guide book, we travelled to a wrong statio...

15:00 update. Well, a new day has risen over Beijing and we're staying in today - relaxing due to some strained muscles. Had breakfast (ordinary, not as special as we hoped it'd be), got back to bed for 2 hours, and currently in the executive lounge, Interneting, drinking and relaxing. Later on, we'll go to the nearest supermarket, cafe and pool. We were supposed to go to the Summer Palace today, but since Ami can hardly walk, we gave it up. More to come later. :...

First update - 11:00. Last night, we wandered into the hugest supermarket EVER. It is located in a big mall by our hotel. A lot of local residents were so intrigued by our Western look and constantly smiled at us, laughed and followed us around. We literally felt like celebs. :) We had dinner at one of the hotel 4-5 restaurants and paid very little (100 Yuan, which roughly amount to 13US$). Then came the night, which was a nightmare... . The temperature in the ro...

After a nine hour flight we landed into what feels like 40 degrees with 80 percent humidity. Nice... . Took us over 2 hours to get to the hotel: Shuttle bus from Capital airpot to Xidan - 1.5 hours (traffic.........). Underground - 9 stations on line 1 (Baboshan station). Half a mile of walking from the station to the hotel. Wow - we were beaten. :) 23:00 update. After numerous cans of Sprite at the lounge, we're going for another walk around the hotel. Earlier,...