We are now in Chengdu for the next few days...but because I've been letting the side down on the frequency of the blogging I will give a quick run through of the last few days in Beijing and Xian. 20th January - The Summer Palace This morning we decided to go to the Summer Palace where the whole lake (Kunming Lake) was frozen over with ice. We were taken by Stu, Simon and Ilin (another girl who James allocated to take us round for the day). The lake was vast and many people were walking on the ice from site to site, the main one being the summer palace. Again, we had some pretty good laughs playing with our replacement football (the big shuttlecock), kicking it round the lake. James also decided to do a penguin
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