Blogging is currently stressing me out a little bit. See, I had a dream last night that I kept typing and typing and everything just came out dyslexic on my screen....sort of what is happening to me now! Oh well...Chinese keyboards are a weird one anyway.
We have now traveled for about 4 weeks and we're not bored yet! Beijing was great and we wish we could have stayed longer. If Mongolia was the era of the aussies then Beijing was definately the era of the Brits. A whole bunch of them had arrived from their own corner or travels and together we hiked the Great Wall. It was amazing! So beautiful everywhere you turned! We trecked the 10 km hike along the wall from Janling to Simatai which tooks a good 3 hours since certain parts of the wall are a good 80 degrees steep.
We've also seen the other tourist classics such as Tianamen Square, the Forbidden City, rented a boat on the lake by the Summer Palace and had Beijing Duck! Tasty but yes, a little bit overated.
We then headed down to Hangzhou to visit our good friend from high school Jennifer who's there visiting her grandparents before she goes to Honkong for her internship. It's so nice traveling with someone who speaks the language. Somehow, things becme much easier. She showed us teh beautiful West Lake which is surrounded by beautiful Pagodas and took us to a vegetarian resturant where everything looks, smells and tastes like meat but isn't! Hilarious.
We also did our fair share of shopping and barganing. Clara and I are getting better at being agressive with out digits of 1 to 6 since those are the only ones we know.
We are now in Guilin and will be heading foy Yongshou tomorrow which is supposed to be one of the most picturesque places in China. We're very excited about renting bikes and going to a crazy bar named Monkey Janes! Jennifer is joining us for a few days here so I'm sure everything will go wonderfully smooth. We aim to hit Hanoi by Oct 26. Wish us luck!
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