Before heading home we have time for a few days sightseeing in Beijing. They are having a heat wave here, in fact they are having the highest temperatures for 40 years, it should be between 24 and 32 degrees but today its 43 degrees, that's a bit hot. The heat and humidity slows me down a bit but there's still enough time to see all the big “must dos”: the Forbidden City, The Summer Palace, The Great Wall, Tianamen Square, The Hutongs, The Olympic Stadium etc. etc. We jump on a coach with the rest of the, now motorbike-less, group and head off to visit the Great Wall. We want to go to Huanghua which gets very few visitors mostly due to its unofficial status but its an interesting exercise getting there when you are accompanied
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