Beijing Highlights

g Duh...it's the Great Wall! But it is the Secret Great Wall. We were the only tourists there!

Street soup! It was cheap and spicy! And you can take the leftovers home in a bag.

The required picture of Beijing!

But really...let's get out of here!! It's time for Lhasa!

Blogging from Beijing

JP and I finally made it to Beijing. It is really hard to believe that the Russia and Mongolia parts of our journey are but a distant memory now. We kept pinching ourselves this afternoon as we walked around Tiananmen Square and sat eating chicken and peanuts fried with red chilis in a small restaurant with no other foreigners. It is hard to believe we have already made it this far. I think I calculated that we have traveled about 10,000+ km since leaving Japan. We will be here about a week before we leave for Tibet (fingers crossed). I hope to post more stories and maybe upload some pictures while we call Beijing home for 7 days!