A days site seeing in hot, smoggy, humid Beijing.
We got dropped off at Wangfujing for James to buy a camera and dark glasses which we achieved relatively successfully. HeJames and I were guided around the Forbidden City by “Richard” who was a little difficult to understand. I persisted, James left me to it. Enormous palace with pavilion after pavilion. The Emperor made the paving 7m thick as he was convinced his subjects would tunnel in.
Then a quick beer and a visit to Tianenman Square which is enormous.
James then managed yet another sleep in the taxi back to the hotel. Few challenges getting the taxi driver to understand where we wanted to go but got there in the end.
RHC
You're coming through loud and clear Ham - and yes, it is the great firewall that limiting you (according to other friends in China).
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to tracking your progress - but the question I keep getting when I tell people about your adventure is "what kind of car are they driving?" Can you do a post on the car?