Apologies for the colour balance, normally I’m well, more human coloured. I put it down to the altitude.
Apologies for the colour balance, normally I’m well, more human coloured. I put it down to the altitude.
Very cool, me thinks. This is the toilet, I felt obliged to use it as it was there. Big eh? Top of the world? Yes, it really does go right over the top. Fortunately they are not quite stupid enough to let you go climbing on that bit, otherwise we would certainly have tried.
It’s a bit like Blackpool with better scenery. That’ll be the wall then. Be civilised visitor…
It's curious the music inflicted upon you on a coach tour. This I presume is what our Chinese driver thinks we will like and I suppose if you are about 65 or over you would. The trouble is the average age of this group has to be about 30. Hotel California – The EaglesParsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme – Simon & GarfunkelRivers of Babylon – Boney MI am Sailing – Rod StewartTake my Breath Away – BerlinAnything by Celine DionAnything […]
When you’re on the road meetings other travellers rumours abound about the good and bad sights to see. Sometimes you pick up a hot tip about some undiscovered site yet to be picked up by the masses. Thus, we find ourselves on a bus to go and see some secret unpublicised gem of China’s heritage, some sort of large wall. OK. Enough of the bullshit, we’re off to see the ‘Great Wall of China’ or rather one bit of it. […]
..as my Dad used to say. Thinking about it, I’m not sure exactly what that is supposed to mean. Will a potential assailant be scared off by the ludicrousness of your headgear? Or will the bravado you are displaying by wearing a stupid hat mark you out as someone to be reckoned with? Perhaps my Dad knows. Either way I’ve got a fairly daft cowboy hat and I’m very fond of it. Apart from making me look daft and I […]
There’s that bloke again, he seems to be everywhere.. Just after taking this a squadron of soldiers marched out the front doors and ushered us out of the way in comedy fashion. Actually I’m not sure they thought it was very comic but the throngs of people around us did. It turned out that they were doing some changing-the-guard, lowering-the-flag ceremony. Is it me or are those military ceremonies almost terminally boring? I mean, what sort of people actually enjoy […]
A warning to would-be China travellers, don’t order ‘roast duck’ thinking it is ‘crispy duck’ it is NOT the same thing. Not good if your compadre has “Jack Sprat’ like sensibilities when it comes to food. Can you see how shiny it is? That’s GREASE! I’ll stick to the beer..
I think he should try and return it, it’s still under warranty after all.
I think I’m suffering temple fatigue, as an athiest the novelty soon wears a bit thin. At least this one was at the top of a hill so you got a nice view. You’ve got to love the woman in the background.