Quite how we ended up in this predicament, IÂ’m not quite sure.
Although cramped, the sleeper carriage was surprisingly comfortable and helped the 8 hour (168 RMB) train ride to the capital fly by.
Beijing Photos
Once there, we stowed our bags at the train’s luggage office before exploring a few of Beijing’s “smaller sites”.
Beijing was known as Peking by the Western world until 1949, when the city's name returned to Beijing, as it is known today.
China's capital city covers an area of more than 16,410 square kilometers (6336 square miles) and has a population of 15 million people.
Our first stop was Beijing's Military Museum, which exhibits more than 5000 years of Chinese Military history.
From there we moved on to Xizhengmeng where street vendors sold dishes from insects to bird's nest.
The tame dishes started with fried caterpillar and snake, while the weirder snincludingdeing baked cockroaches and cow stomachs.
Is there anything that the Chinese will not eat?
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