Well that tour's over. It's only taken, what, five blog entries. That's no time at all. Absolutely whizzed by.
The Tour ended in Beijing and for the last couple of days we had
the same itinary as Barrack Obama. I didn't see him. Although we may have been in Tiananmen Square at about the same time, I had spent most of my time there walking backwards in solidarity with Jamie who was trying to keep his (ridicluous) new tattoo out of direct sunlight.
After the square most of thr group tried to go to the Forbidden City, which was closed for Presidential Security. Them there short-term Beijingers were cursing him for ruiniung their holiday. What they didn't realise is that the Forbidden City is at least a little bit rubbish.
Unlike the Great Wall which is anything but. Although it isn't so big as you can see it from space - that's a ridiculous urban myth, you have to squint to see it on the nearby mountains. Took the tobogan down the hill which would have been ace if I wasn't trapped behind a camera wielding moron.
Went to the Shaolin Monks Kung Fu show. It started with an amazing scene, I didn't know how they were going to find a suitably spectacular finale for their two hours of Taoist wisdom and eastern mysticism. They opted for a pantomime dragon fighting a child. Genius. Couldn't have come up with anything more ridiculous myself.
Speaking of ridiculous. In most days a chicken's eyeball would be the weirdest thing I ate. Yesterday it didn't even make my Top Five:
5. Duck brain (more ducky than brainy)
4. Sparrow (whole, way too bony)
3. Scorpions (tasty)
2. Starfish (not so tasty)
1. Seahorse (?)
The Tour ended in Beijing and for the last couple of days we had
the same itinary as Barrack Obama. I didn't see him. Although we may have been in Tiananmen Square at about the same time, I had spent most of my time there walking backwards in solidarity with Jamie who was trying to keep his (ridicluous) new tattoo out of direct sunlight.After the square most of thr group tried to go to the Forbidden City, which was closed for Presidential Security. Them there short-term Beijingers were cursing him for ruiniung their holiday. What they didn't realise is that the Forbidden City is at least a little bit rubbish.
Unlike the Great Wall which is anything but. Although it isn't so big as you can see it from space - that's a ridiculous urban myth, you have to squint to see it on the nearby mountains. Took the tobogan down the hill which would have been ace if I wasn't trapped behind a camera wielding moron.
Went to the Shaolin Monks Kung Fu show. It started with an amazing scene, I didn't know how they were going to find a suitably spectacular finale for their two hours of Taoist wisdom and eastern mysticism. They opted for a pantomime dragon fighting a child. Genius. Couldn't have come up with anything more ridiculous myself.
Speaking of ridiculous. In most days a chicken's eyeball would be the weirdest thing I ate. Yesterday it didn't even make my Top Five:
5. Duck brain (more ducky than brainy)
4. Sparrow (whole, way too bony)
3. Scorpions (tasty)
2. Starfish (not so tasty)
1. Seahorse (?)
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