Lunch in a private house in the Houtong District Historical area of Beijing

Houtong means courtyard and it is the historical way of living i.e each family has a plot with a courtyard in the middle. The whole lot would fit on our block at home, but it supported 4 families (all related). BTW lunch was good,but dining with a chinchilla was a bit disconcerting... We had to ask if it was a pet.

First report from China

October 14th 2016
The first couple of days... Sorry this is a long one, and there are more photos at the end. We were up at 6.00am and were heading for the airport parking by 7.00am. The traffic was bowling along and we could not believe that we had arrived at the off-site parking in Tullamarine in 55 mins! Off to the airport and we were through the check-in in a very short time and so with nothing else to do, w ... read more

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