Day one: Beijing, China. Leaving Australia on Friday, 7th of September it took 12 hours to fly from Sydney to Beijing. Although only a stop over to switch to our LA flight, we had 15 hours in Beijing between the two flights. This was enough time for us to go all over the city. Jae and I paid 1600 RNB (about $245 AUD) between us, which got us a chauffeur for the full day. The driver couldn’t speak a word of English so with the help of a Chinese man at the information booth at the China airport, we managed to get the main tourist sites listed for him. First he took us to the Great Wall. This took a bit over an hour from the airport and it was possibly the most terrifying thing I’ve ... read more