Flight in was almost perfect, can’t fault a thing! I got a bit of a grilling at immigration after being picked out for a random Interview but it wasn’t that bad, especially since the police lady that interviewed me was young, friendly and pretty cute!

Beijing airport was amazing, huge open spaces and polished marble floor everywhere you look – it was more like the lobby of a five star hotel than an airport!

We’ve just got to the hotel, beijings “Sitting on the city Walls Courtyard House Hostel” which seems really traditional and cute. It’s hidden down a back ally in what is locally known as a HuTong. Even the taxi driver had trouble finding it! The room is a bit small, but clean and cool and the staff are friendly snd helpful so I can’t really fault it so far!

Steph has just passed out on the bed so we’re going to have a short kip then go out for a roam around the local area – we’re just around the corner from the forbidden city and Tiniman
Square, literally five minutes away!

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