China, Beijing

The last leg of our Trans-Siberian journey took us from Mongolia to Beijing. The trip took about 36 hours, however 6 hours were spent at the border moving the carriages onto a different set of wheels as the tracks sizes are different in former USSR states compared with most other places in the world. We actually remained inside the carriage while this was done.




After checking in our first walk lasted about 5 minutes before Jody tripped and took out a chunk of her big toe. This was made worse when we couldn't explain at the chemist we were after something to put on the wound.




Our first two days in Beijing consisted of heavy smog which was a little disappointing as we went to the great wall on the second day. The third day cleared up however and we were able to take some great pictures of the Summer Palace which was based around a huge lake on the outskirts of the city.














Of course Jody was able to get into some "knock-off" shopping, however we found the locals unwilling to go to the low low prices we had seen in Schenzen. Beijing however is still a very cheap city with the exchange rate fixed at such a low rate it was possible to eat a two course meal with beers for under $10.

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Location:China, Beijing