Last night we went to a bar/club called 'J9'. Luckily it payed a lot of Western music but their drinks system was ridiculous and it took 20 minutes to get a bottle of beer... they obviously weren't used to the high amount of alcohol consumption that us Brits have. We only had a few but it was a goodnight.
Today we visited the Great Wall of China which was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. I can safely say it's probably the first moment in my life where I've literally been "wow"ed by a place. The sights were so beautiful. It's hard to believe that they built it so long ago. One of the most striking things is that it's built up mountains and not on flat land. Surely the Mongolians would have given up before the mountains never mind the wall. I heard some American kid as her Dad what the wall was for and he said 'to keep out the Japs!' LOL.
We got a sort of ski lift up to the top but took a long slide down which was so much fun although it seemed to bring down the classy-ness of the wall by having this huge slide down the side of it. Unfortunately I got stuck behind some slow loser and couldn't go fast, but it was still an experience. One that I'd love to repeat.
I also bought a cute panda hat which I managed to barter down from 120 Yuan to 20 Yuan (£2.00). I'm getting good at this bartering business.
After the Great Wall we went to an interesting but actually quite crap restaurant where the fish were swimming in a pond and people caught them for you to eat there and then. On the plus side, I'm becoming a chopsticks master.
Today was by far my most favourite day so far. Well done China, you have a great wall.
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