Of course, this is not everybody’s cup of tea - I’m sure the sucker legs are enough to put many off! However, I personally am a massive fan of this squid in barbecue sauce off a street stall. Yum!
After a long day wandering around Xidan shopping plaza looking for the best bargains and getting elbowed by eager chinese shoppers, we returned to the red lantern for some beers. At 3 kuai (20p) a 600ml bottle, you can’t complain. So much so that it doesn’t even matter who gets the round!
Luggage arrived yesterday!
Finally had some fresh clothes to put on and could have a proper wash.
Just been strolling around with some people from the hostel. Hopefully take some photos soon and get them online?
I arrived at Beijing airport this morning after a rather long 10 hour flight from Frankfurt. Everything was going smoothly until I arrived at the luggage carousel. I waited… and waited… and that blue bag simply did not appear. It turns out that they didn’t manage to get it on the plane at Manchester so it will come over on tomorrows flight and they will deliver it to my hostel. However, this means no fresh clothes, no towel and no shower gel!
In the end, I hit the shops and picked up a T-Shirt for a couple of quid and hired a towel from reception. Should get me through to tomorrow! Not the best of starts - but at least I’m not in a hurry.
Jono
