Paris-Pekin: arrival
August 19th 2008 Wednesday 30 July - at Shijiazhuang
Got the hotel IT team to sort out the Ethernet connection so I have internet! Lots of emails today. The programme for 3-5 August has changed radically from the printed one, we will be doing less tourism and will be in Beijing for only 2 nights instead of three. Another economy measure, no doubt.
In the evening there was a tremendous rainstorm, which
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