of all the times to get sick when traveling the world, our stint in china could well be the worse time to choose. funnily enough choice hasn't really come into the matter and Matt and I have both found ourselves struggling against a vicious fluey/stomach bug thing whilst catching overnight trains complete with squat toilets, phlem-clearing chinese and overactive heating systems...things could be better but we are soldiering on as we must in order to make the most of this amazing country.
We have reached Xian - the former imperial capital and spent the morning forcing down starbucks (thank God for global American brands and a breakfast that doesn't consist of some sort of noodle/rice/dumpling affair...)and cycling energetically on a tandem bike around the old city wall (turns out I don't particularly trust my husband when it comes to not crashing two-wheeled, two-seated death machines on 700 year old city walls...but you live and you learn). After stuffing up one bike by practically breaking off the back wheel, we made it around the 13km circuit and restored our energy with 'hot pot'...not the beef stew we might have been expecting but a delicious soupy mixture in which you cook your own little bits of beef, lamb or vegies, scooping them out when they're done with chopsticks (not an easy task) and washing the lot down with gulps of chinese beer...yum.
apart from the tricky health dilemmas we are still loving china and i particularly am glad to be back in a city...surrounded by pizza hut and maccas - time from a change from chinese food me thinks...!!
stay tuned. xx
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