After our final night train in China, we arrived in the modern capital Beijing.
Our first afternoon was spent exploring Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. On our second day in Beijing we travelled for 3h to the Great Wall of China. We then proceeded to explore this extremely steep section of the wall from Gatehouse 8 -12. This was an amazing experience which was topped off by snow fall at our highest point on the wall.
Our final evening was spent celebrating our tour leaders birthday and enjoying Peking Duck, along with a number of other delicious selections.
The next day, the small group of us who weren’t flying out until later ventured over to see the Beijing 2008 Olympic Stadium and Water Cube. These were both very impressive structures. We then explored “Snack Street” where we discovered the famous skewer sticks with live scorpions, sea horses, and a selection of other interesting combinations... no, neither of us ate any of the skewer sticks on offer!
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