Those of you who read my last post will remember that I had planned a 3 week trip to China with Gary and Diane and finsally the day had come and with all suitcase packed we left on April 2nd for the drive to Gatwick Airport.
After leaving the car at the off-site parking company a short shuttle bus ride took us to the north terminal and the first sight of our aircraft for the 9hour 40minute flight to Beijing, the capital city with Air China.
Settling into our seats we looked forward to visiting a completely different country and culture. Although I had been to China before the temperature was in the high 30’s and was not completely enjoyable and i didn’t make the most of my time there.
lunch was beef with rice which was pretty good and both Diane and I were pleased to see the wine on the drinks trolley.
Our first taste of Chinese wine and certainly not the last!
We arrived in Beijing at 6.30 AM and took a taxi to our hotel, about 20 miles for £4 which was great. Throughout our 3 week trip we extensively used taxis as they were amazingly good value, I soon got the hang of ordering them on the ‘we chat’ app which was so easy. The majority of bars and restaurants have QR codes on the table and when you scan them in the app it brings up the menu, usually with an English option and just tap on what you want to order, tap again to pay and that’s it, so simple when you get used to it.
So ends our first day and see you all again tomorrow.
TTFN
Bibbley
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fantastic Bob such wonderful memories x
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