Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Marks DTM Calib]

.....seeing a few sights.

First, The Great Wall Of China......which is by far the most amazing thing here although I am baffled why they built it on top of the Himalayas rather than in the valleys.

Here are a few pics:














We then went to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City which were also quite interesting.

To get around we paid for a car (Volkswagen Jetta.....) and driver for the day (the great wall is a good 50+miles away) and it only cost 40 quid all in!

The only dodgy moment was when he took a wrong turn and drove 500m down a dual carriageway before doing a U turn and driving at the on-coming traffic to get back to the roundabout!  

[TheBoy]

Busy working then

One of those sights I would like to see at some point.



And also you've been texting me - thanks, and sorry to have disturbed you  

[Marks DTM Calib]

We used a chair lift to get up to the wall and then a toboggan run to go down which was excellent (although they gestured for me to slow down twice!)

[Jimbob]

Nice, enjoying your holiday then  

[Marks DTM Calib]

Nice, enjoying your holiday then  

I am bloody knackered but, as we had an extra day it seemed only sensible to do something.

This is certainly not a place I would travel to out of choice, Beijing (Peking) is a very new place with high rises every where and many more being built at a crazy rate.

But, the transport system is naff so it takes a while to get into the city.

The olympic stadium is finished though.....and most of the other venues.

11 hours on a 777 to look forward to tomorrow (Boeing make THE most uncomfortable seats!)

[Matchless]

The courses arnt very level on that garden wall and it could do with a spot of re-pointing.

[Marks DTM Calib]

The courses arnt very level on that garden wall and it could do with a spot of re-pointing.

Clearly well motivated construction force though.

Can you imagine going upto a bunch of British labourers and saying ' come on then lads, off we go for todays work, only take a few hundred more years and it will be done'

I suppose if they didn't do it they cut thier heads off in them days those.

[Martin_1962]

SOme nice pictures and don't crash!

[cem_devecioglu]

.....seeing a few sights.

First, The Great Wall Of China......which is by far the most amazing thing here although I am baffled why they built it on top of the Himalayas rather than in the valleys.

Here are a few pics:














We then went to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City which were also quite interesting.

To get around we paid for a car (Volkswagen Jetta.....) and driver for the day (the great wall is a good 50+miles away) and it only cost 40 quid all in!

The only dodgy moment was when he took a wrong turn and drove 500m down a dual carriageway before doing a U turn and driving at the on-coming traffic to get back to the roundabout!  

interesting place..possibly they think defending the walls on the  mountains is easier (as the forces must attack uphill and will have problem to bring food, water and other stuff)

[cem_devecioglu]

The courses arnt very level on that garden wall and it could do with a spot of re-pointing.

Clearly well motivated construction force though.

Can you imagine going upto a bunch of British labourers and saying ' come on then lads, off we go for todays work, only take a few hundred more years and it will be done'

I suppose if they didn't do it they cut thier heads off in them days those.

many of them died during work...

[Kevin Wood]

11 hours on a 777 to look forward to tomorrow

Take a couple of spare throttle cables in your hand luggage just in case it needs a manual override!  

Kevin

[Marks DTM Calib]

11 hours on a 777 to look forward to tomorrow

Take a couple of spare throttle cables in your hand luggage just in case it needs a manual override!  

Kevin

Interestingly, on the way out we were delayed due to routine maintenance.

I commented to the guy that if its routine maintenance then it would have been planned and would not affect the departure time. He said it was the maintenance causing the delay because the plane was late arriving. I replied saying that the cause of he delay was the late arrival then................there was a look that sudgested he had suddenly realised I was right!

I hate it when they bull sh@t you.....if they said the plane is delayed as it was late arriving and had to have some routine maintenance or it would be grounded then nobody would of had an issue.....

Not the brightest button on the shirt I fear.

I did also note that the crashed 777 (we come back on the same flight number) is currently in front of the BA hanger with some temporary wheeled platforms strapped to the fuselage not 100m from where it landed and the grooves in the grass are still there!.

The other thing I noted is how bloody huge the Rolls Royce trent engine used is......dont think a pidgeon would have much affect on it!!!. Its got to be about 3m in diameter (compressor)!

[Dazzler]

and thats a small engine, size wise compared to the GE90 which is also fitted to the B777

[Marks DTM Calib]

and thats a small engine, size wise compared to the GE90 which is also fitted to the B777

Think I prefer having a Rolls engine strapped to it......

[CaptainZok]

11 hours on a 777 to look forward to tomorrow

Take a couple of spare throttle cables in your hand luggage just in case it needs a manual override!  

Kevin

Imagining the scene now, MDTM crawling out on the wing, clutching a penknife and a ball of string for an inflight quick fix.