As usual, we are eating a lot of McDonalds. We have tried Chinese food, but I’m not a big fan even if I cook it myself. We tried a Chinese restaurant which was full of locals, and chose from a recipe which included stir fried donkey, bullfrogs with chilli, pigs intestines, fish heads and so on. We had beef, but to be honest it did not taste like the beef we get in NZ. Was it beef? I don’t know! Continue reading →

Crossing the road in Beijing has possibilities as an Olympic sport. We haven’t yet worked out what the traffic signals mean, and buses and taxis don’t take too much notice of them, anyway. Basically, it seems to be a game of ‘chicken’, and can get quite exciting at times. There is definitely safety in numbers, so we follow big bunches of locals.

The wall on the right of the pic is around the Temple of Heaven, where we went yesterday. Very large and impressive, lots of tourists from around China as well as foreigners.

Here we are in Beijing, we arrived at 6am this morning! The ovens on the plane had an electrical fault, so all we got for breakfast was fruit and yoghurt and orange juice. This meant we got here hungry, so you can guess what we did – went to McDonalds for breakfast. We both had a big breakfast for a total of under $10! Here is a photo of McD’s to celebrate. We have breakfast included at the hotel so looking forward to that. We are within walking distance of the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, so have had a look at that. There are heaps more places to go, all very exciting. Lots of people offering us tour guide services, and pedicab rides.