Wednesday 16th May - The Start. Tiananmen Square

An early start and fine weather we set off from Tianan'men square after a photo session with Nicola and Noel. We also gave an interview to South China Post, met pupils at Harrow school & even managed a visit to the Great Wall.


: Fuelling up for the long journey ahead



















:Dicing with Traffic in Tianamen square







Seb makes friends with the locals at the great wall at Badaling:


















Nicola & Noel wrote: Nicola and Noel were in Beijing to see the 'Famous Four Conquer The Gobi Desert'. (Timmy's not yet been released from quarentine at Tienjing). After two days of copious help from the authorities they finally managed to get started on new Chinese number plates (nos A0000004 and A0000005:1-3 got lost in translation). After two laps of Tiananmen Square and no clear leader the pack retired for breakfast. The initial burst of enthusiasm and subsequent restart is depicted in photos at
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2390&l=3a26a&id=513161662

Evening: We've arrived in rain/sun at Zhangiakhou, tonight's stop, having covered 170 miles & tested our guides tolerance with off piste behaviour.