Only 3 hours sleep, and our cases had to be out at 6:30 but we were like zombies. We visited the 3 gorges project, but the security was so tight that we had to leave everything apart from camera. The bus was checked for explosives, then we went up to see the full scale of the locks in daylight and the dam.
We got on the bus to the airport at 10am but the only seat was on the back row but there was no room at all, over a concrete road. I had to take ibuprofen for my back after 10 minutes as the journey was so painful. What was supposed to be a 4 hour journey, which was bad enough, turned into a 6 hour journey!
For lunch, we sat outside an embroidery factory and used their toilets, without buying anything. Our lunch was a chicken breast, egg and cake. I’m not sure the Chinese do packed lunch.
Anyone who does the journey should wear a sports bra, including the men. The journey went on and on and on, but I slept for all 6. 5 hours of it. By the end, tempers were running short and one individual would not swap seats so that Ali and I could sit together. We had not sat next to each other since Bristol! I wasn’t best pleased as their family also insisted to sit next to each other at dinner, and everyone had to move for all 6 of them, but he wouldn’t move for one flight to Beijing.
We got on the bus to the airport at 10am but the only seat was on the back row but there was no room at all, over a concrete road. I had to take ibuprofen for my back after 10 minutes as the journey was so painful. What was supposed to be a 4 hour journey, which was bad enough, turned into a 6 hour journey!
For lunch, we sat outside an embroidery factory and used their toilets, without buying anything. Our lunch was a chicken breast, egg and cake. I’m not sure the Chinese do packed lunch.
Anyone who does the journey should wear a sports bra, including the men. The journey went on and on and on, but I slept for all 6. 5 hours of it. By the end, tempers were running short and one individual would not swap seats so that Ali and I could sit together. We had not sat next to each other since Bristol! I wasn’t best pleased as their family also insisted to sit next to each other at dinner, and everyone had to move for all 6 of them, but he wouldn’t move for one flight to Beijing.
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