Hi guys, Today we visited the biggest Lama buddhist temple in Beijing. It was very peacefull, not so many tourists rushing about. We even got given a little cd with our ticket - not that we have any idea what's on it! We spent a good few hours looking at the buddahs and their friends and relations . . . The whole place smelled like an incence shop. There were loads of people burning them as offerings. After the temple we want back to Tienamen square and walke...

Hi guys, Today's blog comes from costa coffee in apm mall beijing. We decided that instead of going straight back to the hotel after a hard days work to try the laptop in a more roaming way. So its 6:30pm and we are having a latte in costa - mainly because it has free wifi and its pretty quiet. Yesterday we ventured to Panjuayan market (probably spelt that wrong) a real flea market. Yes there were a number of tourists there but it was also packed with locals b...

Morning everyone, Its another sweaty day in China. Two days ago we went to the temple of heaven. It was really impressive, probably one of the best places we had been in Beijing. I liked the fact that we got to enjoy the historic side of the city without the thousands of people. It was still pretty busy but not by Beijing standards. Also in stark contrast to the rest of the sites we've seen it was round!!! We spent a good few hours wandering through the parks...

Morning everyone, Its another sweaty day in China. Two days ago we went to the temple of heaven. It was really impressive, probably one of the best places we had been in Beijing. I liked the fact that we got to enjoy the historic side of the city without the thousands of people. It was still pretty busy but not by Beijing standards. Also in stark contrast to the rest of the sites we've seen it was round!!! We spent a good few hours wandering through the parks...

Morning everyone, Just a quick update of the last few days. Three days ago the weather cleared and we had bright blue sky so we went to Jingshan park which provides great views over the forbidden city. Its a short climb up the hill but it was soo hot that it felt like climbing everest. We had decided to leave this until a day when the smog cleared as the visability was so bad. Which meant the view was awesome but it was very crowded on the top. We managed to sq...