Being woken up at 5am is never nice, but when it is on a night train which you have to quickly get off, you are still half asleep, disorientated and its sub zero degrees outside, its even worse. This was the start of our day in Datong! With the sun not rearing it's head for the day for at least an hour or two, the bitter temperatures and the persistant taxi drivers starting to annoy us, we had little choice other than to find a nearby 'cafe' and sit it out for a while. When we walked in, the place fell silent and we immediately had tens of eyes looking at us like we were martians but it was the only place open at that time; with no English menu avaliable and the cook/owner not happy
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