city is being shut down for the Olympics - this morning we saw a tank
going down the main street. Now is the moment to get away if you don't
want to get stuck at your hotel. Altghough we are very greatful for
the traffic restrictions during our days in Beijing.
The sound of crickets is sometimes deafining load, specially in the
hutong. Many Chineses transport bird cages, contruction material and
lots of other necessities on their bicycles. One block in Beijing is
like five or six blocks in Stockholm or Paris; we always ended up
walking at least one hour. The Beijing metro is very modern, air
conditioned and informative - in English and we regreted not having
taken it earlier...
In Mongolia, going back from the ger camp in the desert we experienced
four hours in Hell. The spring system in the Russian "Volkswagen" bus
was non existant so we hit the roof many times on that bumpy road. To
the point that JC got sick for two days. He was all pale afterwards
and we were both exhausted.
We had a whole duck with Gavin and Kassy
Smoking sign from our hotel in Peng Lai
During the customs stop between Russia and Mongolia, JC got to see the
locomotive from the inside, thanks to a very cool Mongolian driver.
Marie
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