Wow what a day! Firstly we went at checked out the Olympic Stadium area, eg the Birdcage etc very impressive. Then onto the Jade Factory which was fascinating, I didn't realize the variety of Jade types, I had always thought Jade was just green. From there we moved on to the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall. This was just amazing, the experience of being there & actually climbing a very small section of it, very steep & uneven steps! The views were in...

Wow here we are in Beijing! After a VERY LONG day where we flew out of Sydney at 11.30 am we then flew to Nanjing(2hr+ stopover) & on to Beijing. No one was waiting for us at the airport which had it's moment of worry but as we'd linked up with quite a few Aussies in the plane who were doing our same Tour we all put our heads together, luckily our guide, Jackie arrived soon after, after having been delayed. The plane trip was quite long but what was great was...