Well yesterday nearly put us over the edge. We went through customs and immigration leaving Mongolia and a long wait it was indeed. Then a bus tour of Erlian in China where there had been dinosaurs years ago. The made replicas of them in what looked like bronze through a large area just as if they had been there for ever. Lunch was indifferent Chinese food and the only toilet that was western was in one of the hotel rooms. Went to a lovely show which I slept through as my cold had really taken hold. I wakened intermittently to clap enthusiastically. Following that we were offered the opportunity to visit a local food market and as we were all totally beat from the heat and humidity we declined so our option was to go to the restaurant and have our dinner and wait there for the meal and then bus to the train. The dinner was kind of cook your own in a broth but I wasn’t up to much enthusiasm for it. We then waited for the bus to take us to our train at 9:30. We boarded and immediately fell asleep totally exhausted. The train compartment is about the same size as the Russian train but two beds and hard hard mattress. It is an electric train so quiet. And blessedly cool. We have lunch on the train then a tour of something prior to our hotel. 
Can’t get gmail or write my blog as China has blocked as well as Facebook. Boohoo. 
What I do in Beijing other than loiter in the hotel room remains to be seen. Heat and humidity unbelievable. 
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