At the Station

It took half an hour to negotiate bypassing the security gate by going in the exit to get inside. Followed by a long time to organise and transfer everything directly upstairs to the platform gate (before it was opened) and back downstairs to the actual platform.

5:00am

Heading off across the quiet streets of Beijing to the train station to catch the Trans-Siberian Express to Ulaanbaatar.

Biggles

“Runway clear, Pilot Moses” – these funny motorcycle helmets were being sold at the market.

The Great Wall

The longest wall in the world or as Caspar funnily jokes “the tallest wall in the world.” We loved our day of walking this together.