Merry Christmas to all our loyal readers!!!
There was the perfect photo opportunity today: Jan being supported by two tiny
Chinese women and their walking stick as he gingerly and very carefully trod down the 70 degree incline of the Great Wall. Unfortunately, or fortunately, it was Jan who had the camera and so instead there are pictures of Al flat on his bum being helped up by the same two minuscule women.
The Great Wall is truly spectacular and worth the hair-raising cable car ride across deep ravines in what has to be the oldest and most blue-tak held together contraption in the world! The views are jaw dropping. We walked across several Gate posts of the wall over frost ridden stones hence the help needed to stop us from breaking a bone or two.
From there we went to the Summer Palace, just outside Beijing. We saw some of the most beautiful palaces, pagodas and courtyards we have seen so far. Two thirds of the vast palace complex is a large lake, frozen over at present, allowing the most daring individuals (and we must add light in weight too!) to venture across the ice to a small island in the middle.
We are thinking of you all as you tuck into your Turkeys or nut roasts! We are going out to taste some local delicacies without stuffing and sprouts :-(
Merry Christmas
There was the perfect photo opportunity today: Jan being supported by two tiny
Chinese women and their walking stick as he gingerly and very carefully trod down the 70 degree incline of the Great Wall. Unfortunately, or fortunately, it was Jan who had the camera and so instead there are pictures of Al flat on his bum being helped up by the same two minuscule women.
The Great Wall is truly spectacular and worth the hair-raising cable car ride across deep ravines in what has to be the oldest and most blue-tak held together contraption in the world! The views are jaw dropping. We walked across several Gate posts of the wall over frost ridden stones hence the help needed to stop us from breaking a bone or two.
From there we went to the Summer Palace, just outside Beijing. We saw some of the most beautiful palaces, pagodas and courtyards we have seen so far. Two thirds of the vast palace complex is a large lake, frozen over at present, allowing the most daring individuals (and we must add light in weight too!) to venture across the ice to a small island in the middle.
We are thinking of you all as you tuck into your Turkeys or nut roasts! We are going out to taste some local delicacies without stuffing and sprouts :-(
Merry Christmas
posted by Jan and Al at 1:08 AM
1 Comments:
Hey there you two....help out by women again?! story of your lives!!! Happy Christmas!!!! Sounds like you're hvaing a great time...can;t wait to hear about it....
I am at Jax's having had lots of luscious sprouts....opened many wonderful gifts and played lots of smiley games.
See you soon..
Stace xx
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