Entry No. 1 by Josh

Sorry about not being able to keep this up to date as much as we would like， China has stupid Internet laws so you can‘t get onto Blogs etc。We are currently still in Beijing and so far we have seen the Forbidden City （Palace Museum）， missed our bus to the Great Wall and have just found somewhere to stay for the next couple of nights。We spent the first three nights in a nice hotel just to relax and sort out our sleep we missed on the flight and stuff and now we are in a small hostel but still fairly central in Beijing。 We have spent the last few days walking a lot looking for things that the maps promise and that we can never find。We found a small market where they were surprised to find that Clare and I didn't want to try live Scorpion or a Starfish, Tarantula or Gecko on a stick. Clare is very popular with the locals and they all seem to hate littering but are more than happy just to hock and spit on the floor whenever they feel like. Unfortunately, there is a lack of Draft Beer so when we found somewhere that did serve it we took full advantage. Today we are going to try to book another Great Wall trip from tomorrow and possibly tonight we will go to see a Kung Fu show at a big Theatre. We will update this again next time we get a chance.