Well we survived Beijing but I can't say we liked it much. It was hot, smoggy and polluted (we never saw the sun) crowded, people spitting everywhere, and trying to sell you stuff. It was clean with no tag though! For the whole 5 days we had our own personal tour guide, driver and car. We stayed in a 4 star hotel, were picked up and dropped off at the airport, had 3 meals a day, all enteries into attractions paid for and it cost NZ $1300 for both of us! We booked through china wonderful tour. 06/06/10 Took the subway to the massive Olympic Village. Visited the massive Birds Nest and Water Cube then did some shopping 07/06/10 What a busy day! Visited the massive Tian an men Square, then the Forbidden City (it is
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