Wednesday 23 January 2008

Quick China update

Shanghai - great place! lovely people (Ida, Marco and Eleen) helped us around town and to make some great shopping bargains, when leaving the bags were overfull. Xintandi is the way forward, wouldnt mind living there...

Train to Beijing - 12 hrs, very nice, best food so far and we did try and drink them out of beer, but no luck

Beijing - freezing! but wall very pretty in snow, as was summer palace, temple of heaven and of course Forbidden City. Kalle's Japanese restaurant recommendation was very very good, the most interesting entrance to a restaurant ever. We bought new bag as old ones couldnt cope any more. Tsing Tao good, but Yanjing just as nice, being Olympic sponsor and all.

Train to Hong Kong - 25 hrs, not busy at all so we spent most waking ours in the restaurant trying different dishes and again trying to drink them out of beer. No local beer which was a bit sad, but Carlsberg seems to go everywhere.

Hong Kong - so far its been great, we have learned a new dice drinking game and we are shopping more, have asked Co to bring extra large suit case...

2 comments:

Angela said...

Sounds amazing! I am so jealous!

Eva-L said...

men kom hem nu då!