In brief: Went to Hong Kong for a few days, was great, then to Beijing, which was a bit of a mixed bag, under construction, nightmare visa application for India, nice streets, lakes and Forbidden City/Great Wall. Then flew to Xi’an, old capital, near Terracotta Army, Taoist Temple, then flew to Chengdu, where there is a Panda reserve, then back to Hong Kong for one night before flying to Delhi. Were originally going to spend 5-6 weeks in China but cut it short to spend more time in India. We arrived at Hong Kong island on a bus from the airport, and with little trouble found the building of our guesthouse. There was a 24 hour supermarket outside with a good selection of Chinese and western food, and such conveniences as tasty sandwiches and takeaway pizza
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