The end of Luoyang to Beijing

Dear All,

I haven't much time to fill in the details of the last four or five days as I leave Beijing soon, but I have finally got round to uploading a picture, which must be cool! :) When I get back or perhaps when I have more time in Hong Kong, I'll try and write a more lengthy update.

Beijing is a very developed city compared to the rest of China, it is clearly still very Chinese, but much more like the west than other places.

They are very much gearing up to the olympics here, building big stadia all over the place. I don't know how the public transport will cope as the Beijing subway in the mornings is horrendous - many times worse than London, New York or many other places.

I have managed to see the forbidden city, great wall, and summer palace, which are the big three in Beijing. I feel like much more of a tourist here as I am only doing the sites and I'm not really getting underneath the skin of the city.

Tonight I fly to Huizhou city in the south where I will meet two Chinese guys I used to work with in Celestion in Ipswich. Then I go to Hong Kong for a few days, fly back to Shanghai and then to London.

Cheers,


Ali