Beijing

A quick update as I've managed to get on a computer that bypasses the Chinese block on social networking...

Beijing is a great city. It combines a modern capital with the bustle of an Asian city, or so I'm led to believe anyway, I'll confirm when I've been to another Asian city :o)

It's been pretty busy since I arrived which is all good.

The first night after we arrived we again hooked up with a load of the guys we stayed in Mongolia with and went out to few bars and a club called Mix. It was western style and played charty RnB... in spite of that it was a good night!!

The next day we (Me, Mike and Pete that is) went to the Olympic park and had a look around the Birdsnest Stadium and the Water Cube. We were a bit disappointed that we couldn't go for a swim but was well worth the trip. Not so sure about the absolutely packed metro system though!!

Yesterday we went on a trip around the markets, this turned into a bit of an ordeal with much excessive haggling, but in the end I brought a China national football shirt for 5 quid. Why I hear you ask? China are playing a friendly match in Beijing next Wednesday against Latvia and I'm hopefully going to go along....

Then on to Xi'an