Beijing

Coming into a country by train is just a completely new different experience for me and so much nicer that I now wonder why I haven't though of taking the train instead of flying, before. The landscape were breathtaking and we even got to see parts of the Great Wall. It was morning so we got to see the beginning of the day in rural china. Farmers with their round straw hats walking to their farms, neighbours gathering for a morning chat...it was just a really nice way to easy myself into a new country, culture and way of life. And then coming into Beijing itself, the city with it's tall tower blocks and construction everywhere, but even here you saw everday life passing you by and it just felt so much better because you felt part of it instead of just landing straight into it.

We took the metro and arrived straight into Tiananmen square. What a way to say Niho to China. A rare occasion, but it was blue skies and we could even see the sun so it was twice as nice when our arrival into China was straight into one of the biggest squares in the world. The hostel is right in the centre but in one of beijings few traditional Hu tongs. So it has a great authentic chinese atmosphere and it was an immediate introduction into the chinese way of life as we walked down to the street to our hostel.

But as soon as we were settled in the real China hit us. Train tickets are an absolute nightmare. they are sold out as soon as they are released and it is just impossible to go anywhere in China.
BUT I GOT REALLY LUCKY TODAY AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT I AM GOING TO TIBET:)