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Into China

Hello from China!
We are now in Jilin. Lovely city and great cool temperature, 20C.

Our time in Beijing went just swell. The group very friendly. Mostly our age and are also like us either retired, semi-retired or are just dam well off!

John had his birthday ( which was why we are on this trip) on the Great Wall. Oh the steps were too many for me and so after a few steps,I opted out for a really good Cuppachino. This is really hard to come by in China. Well John did his hike, happy as a sand boy.
the evening we had a superb ( one of many) dinners with Peking Duck as the main dish. We have now discovered that there are two best Peking Duck in Beijing. They are written in my note book and that is in our car right now. too tired to go down and get it.

You may look at the album section to see the photos.

We left for Dalian by China Air. It was a good flight and we saw the pollution over Beijing from the ground and the air. Both looked real bad. This by the way continued to just before Jilin.

So briefly, it is hazy all over and Dalian looks like a dust bowl. This is because of the construction of buildings and the demolition of the old - EVERYWHERE!

Convoy driving is very different to one's usual drive. Today was the real experience for us. We have a Police car at the head of the convoy. Every car has her number and we have to be one behind each other according to our number and NO OVERTAKING! The traffic in China is worse then Bangkok. Also more people and bicycles!

This is the best time of the year to see China. The fall colours are begining, just beautiful.
Our Hotels are good and did I mention about the food? They just keep coming to your table. Our group loves to eat. In one week I have put on 1kg and John 800grms. Well I must have eaten more!

Over to John now as I am off to bed. Have to be up for breakfast at 6a.m. to be on the road by 7!

Catching up with the photos and converting them to a more reasonably sized format is a bit challenging to fit in between meals, driving, excellent beer and the ocasional sleep.

posted by Ann Salmon @ 11:14 pm 1 comments

2 intrepid travellers

posted by Ann Salmon @ 7:03 pm 1 comments

Ready to go

All our worldly possessions in the boxes for 7 weeks including 48 packets of maggie mee and 40 Museli bars. No prizes for guessing which belongs to whom!

posted by Ann Salmon @ 5:31 pm 1 comments

First Post!

Here's a photo of how it was like that night... At one look... you might think it was a birthday party for a 6 year old doesn't it? The place was decorated with balloons and toys that were supposed to represent where they are going on their trip... *giggling* Well... Happy 60th Birthday Uncle John!!!


Here's a classic photo of the two of you running around the table... Acting out a bollywood scene... hehehe... Auntie Ann was being chased by Uncle John for a piece of his birthday cake... *giggles*

So... I hope this is good enough for you guys... Make sure you take lots of photos and pass them to me... any settings that you see on this site... should you wish to change... please do tell...

Have a safe and wonderful trip driving back down here!!!

Lots of Love, Mas
P.S. - Thanks Lee John for helping me out!

posted by Ann Salmon @ 5:00 pm 1 comments