Day 3. Beijing
I wake up to a knocking at the window - the boys have arrived in Beijing. The crew (short of a few members) is back together again.
I woke to the knocking at my window and from the laughter I
could already hear that it was Dave. How could this be, did
they get on an earlier flight? It turns out that I'd slept
through the better part of the day and woke after 4pm. I
guess the body needed to rest and recover, especially since I'd
been putting in 12 and 14 hour days to finish the project in
Botswana. As my eyes adjusted to the bright light and
focussed on Dave's bright smiling face, "Hello baby! Are you
still sleeping?".
We hugged and as I got dressed I could hear Bill talking in the
background next to reception. I ran out with my fly undone
and my eyes still squinting. It was great to see them both in
good spirits, and after two years since our last ride together, a
welcome reunion.
[Outside Citycourt Hotel]
They had a quick shower, nap, put their bikes together, and then
we all went for a walk and to try and find a place to have dinner
with a couple of Australian backpackers (mother and daughter) who
were also staying at the Citycourt Hotel.
[First Chinese Dinner]
We walked around Houhai lake and the surrounding areas, we
wanted to walk as far as Tiananmen Square but as we quickly
realized, Beijing is massive and we'd never be able to do it on
foot before 11pm; we decided to turn in for the night and would
tackle that one tomorrow.