As we have been traveling by train and also trekking the food of choice has been a giant pot noodle (or the equivalent of ramen in a plastic cup for the Americans reading) or as the Chinese know it Phang Bian Mian.
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There are some things we have done on our journey that we have decided to do because, you know what, life is too short and we will probably never come back to half of the places we have visited, its just not realistic (Unless National Geographic or Conde Nasse want to give us a job!).
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This is a hot topic when one talks about China, I think it is very well known that China has a bad reputation for air quality and in reality this is so true and so bad. In Beijing you can see smog in the street as though someone were having a summer bonfire; this only raises questions about the impact to health of the citizens in the city let alone those working in industries that cause such pollution. However, its not just factories, it is also the increase in cars and motorized bikes in the city. This is a worrying site but it is also worrying that the smog stretches far outside the city as well; it was covering the skies around the Great Wall as well!
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Now, last time we discussed how to get the pictures of yourself for cheap without paying the tourist prices! This time I have worked out a different solution.
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Our first train ride started as all first train rides do, with fear and panic! Before we had even left the hostel Steph had deemed it more important to finish off tumble drying our clothes than perhaps leaving on time to collect our tickets before we even can get on the train. So we left our hostel 40 minutes later than planned, in a major city, on a Friday during rush hour, lets just say not much was said during the taxi ride, which we eventually found after 15 minutes of trying!
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What next for China? Well our plan is to journey overland through China en route to Laos. Now barriers to this are going to be language and also train availability which is what stopped us in India completing the whole trip overland.
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