We made it!

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Well, we arrived at our hotel in Beijing at about midnight last night and were knackered! Had been travelling for over 24hrs in total! 3 lots of feeding on aeroplanes though. We think we're going to be aeroplane food tasters for the next few weeks! lol. We were v impressed with the flight from Hongkong to Beijing which was run by Dragon Air. We were at the front of cattle class and had quite a bit of extra leg room, and they even gave us a menu to choose what we fancied for our meal. Hayley decided to ask for a glass of red wine to go with her meal and I thought I'd join her, unfortunatly this is where her clumsiness started and she spilt it all over her top! We're finding getting used to the Chinese currency a bit tricky. When we arrived at the hotel a porter took our bags up to our room and when I tried to give him a tip of 4 Yuan he looked a bit startled and Hayley and I thought 'perhaps he's not allowed to take tips', he took the cash in the end and then we later realised that I had given him the equivalent of about 20p!! lol...cheapskates!

Today we were picked up at 8.45 for a guided tour to Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, a silk making shop, followed by lunch in Chinese restaurant (not much different to what we'd have in the UK, can't help wonering if it was a set menu for Westerners?), and finally Temple of Heaven. There were 2 guys from Saudi on the tour with us who were quite a laugh, we helped them choose tops for their daughters at the silk shop. Hope they like them! Also, today's tour saw witness Hayley's 2nd clumy moment in 1 day! We stopped for a hot chocolate when in the gift shop at Forbidden City, again Hayley threw her drink, but luckily it missed her and just got the floor instead. So along came a Chinese lady with a mop!

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Photos

On our way
At Heathrow

Entering Forbidden City
It's damn cold!

Comments

[Wenfy]

Looks chilly!
Well done you, Audie Pea Did you get upgraded on the BA Flight? anyhoo have loads of fun and keep the pictures coming in!

[Mol Fly]

Glad you are both safe and well
Pictures look fantastic, can't wait for the next installment

[sarahP]

cant believe you forgot to give me this address, Chris sorted me out with it...miss u loads n love u loads...keep me updated. i even managed to read the whole thing!!!

[Thuridur]

Wowww
Nice blog and pics. Thanks for letting me know ;) Have lots and lots of fun in the cold brrrrr ;)

[Lesley]

Count down....
Glad your having a great time. I am counting the hours till I join you ! Cant wait ! See you in Bangkok babes ! xxx

[SonnyJ]

Can you believe you are actually there finally!!
Hey Audie and Hay, Sounds like you are having a fab time and I love the pics. Not jealous of the cold tho! You will need to come to Oz to thaw out!! I can't get over the fact you tipped that guy 20p you really are cheapskates!! Well I am really looking forward to seeing you guys when you get to Oz. I miss you heaps Audie. Living with your parents definitely isn't the same at all hey!!! Well take care hey and enjoy all the aeroplane food you will be sampling - its just great hey!! And tell hayley to stop spilling her drinks! What a waste! See you soon. Love Sonny ~x~

[kelly]

hi
glad u arrived safely. sounds about right with hay and her 'problem' with drinks. still makes a change from her doing it on my carpet! looks fantasti. take care both kel x

[Modi]

You lucky devils you !!!!
Hi Girls, hope you're both keeping well and enjoying the sights. You're missing the beautiful weather we've got here at the moment, actually it's as dull as arse. It's 4.16pm Tuesday, it's pitch black outside, raining, windy and tramps everywhere !! no doubt get stuck in traffic trying to get back to the far superior place (Southampton !) and then all the shite starts all over again !! Actually Hay, it's fair to say that you are in a far superior place at the mo !! Has Audz got dread-locks yet, I'll give it til Christmas. Missing you both, Take it easy and keep away from men offering you sweets !!!!!. A big kiss from the UK MMmmmmwwwwaaaaahhhh !!

[Esther]

Have you tried Chicken feet yet?

[Netty]

Yay! u made it :o)
Hi girls! Glad u are havin fun so far, keep me posted x missin u already... oh and Aud guess who's team i'll be on when you return???? ;o) Loves ya xx

[Chris Pea]

We want more..
Hey Audie Pea and Hayley, Well glad you got there ok, judging by your emails the Great Wall was well, erm, Great?! Hope Hong Kong is going well and the bag is not too full! lol. Looking forward to the next installment and more photo's!

[lucy hickmott]

Well Hayley can't believe the level clusiness already! Hope you are both enjoying yr selfs. Take care. (love the beenie hats) xxxx

[LOLL]

WICKED!!!!
HEY AUD Glad your going for it, stay safe and have as much fun as you can, keep intouch, love you loads xxxxx lollx

[Pete Mann]

Well Done!
Well done Aud and Hayley! Sounds like your having a very good time already on your bold adventure ... quick tip - try not to waste too much alcohol on the floor, on jumpers, coats etc. ;)

[Dimitra]

Hey you made it!!!
I cannot believe that you are actually living your dream... It is nice hearing that you are ok and enjoying yourselves!!!The photos are fab!!!Take care of yourselves!!! Lots of kisses from the moody old Portmouth!!!

[Skinner]

Heat!
When do you get to the countries that don't look like they could freeze the balls off a brass monkey!

[Lara]

G'day!
Hello Hayley, just checking out your blog site, very impressed! Hope you are having lots of fun, where exactly are you at the mo? Hope you had a chilled out xmas, whatever you were doing! Saw your bro in town the other day (he didn't see me, not even sure if he would recognise me), he looks abit like russel brand now don't you reckon?!!!! Anyway, keep the blogs coming, take care and enjoy! Lots of love, Lara n Ben xx