China Experience

Day8-9 We arrived back in Shanghai. Long journey back by bus which took about 10 hours due to the traffic. Snail pace and not really good on a bus which had seen better days. The stops for toilets and food left a lot to be desired. We caught the maglev train which reaches speeds of 431 km per hour. It was like going on an ekka ride. Over before you knew it but something you really have to experience. For a country where in some areas the technology has gone ahead in leaps and bounds, in other areas they are so far behind. We visited the "old china town" at night which was very beautiful. It again was very much like the ekka, packed with people, appears to be lots of locals, or possibly chinese from ... read more

Finally... internet access and time to catch up Day 1.. Sat ... arrived in Bejing very tired and weary around 12.30pm Saturday. (2.30 pm Brisbane time) after leaving Sydney at 7.45pm the night before. Hotel at Beijing was nice, traffic unbelievable, don't move very fast in cars. The first afternoon we wandered not far from the hotel and found "Pizza Hut". Should have known it would not have taken Glenn too long to find a pizza. We managed to actually order one and pay for it without saying one word in chinese, and the young man serving us not speaking any English. Quite funny really. Pizza was similar but menu is very different... lots more pastas on offer, Looks very popular over here. Day 2 - Sunday ... We went to Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square ... read more