Beijing

Sue & I took advantage of the Christmas break to take a visit to Beijing, but such is our schedule that I am actually blogging this from Vancouver (more on that in a later Blog). I have not been in Beijing since 1987 so you can imagine the changes since then. They seem to be doing a good job getting it ready for the Olympics. They just need to do something about cars and bikes having target practice with Pedestrians on crossings. It seems that traffic lights are purely advisory.
Just like the first time I saw it, the Great Wall simply blows you away. It is an amazing achievement, admittedly at the cost of many many lives. We also did the usual.....Ming Tombs, Forbidden City, Tienanmen Square etc. We had some good meals, but all in all I think Hong Kong offers more in terms of Chinese cuisine (my opinion)