8 days left

Only 8 days left now. I'm picking up my visa tomorrow. I have had to apply for a multiple entry business visa, which only takes 4 days. I'll apply for the work visa when I arrive. I have a serviced apartment set up to stay in when I arrive - it's located a couple of blocks from work. I'll look for permanent accomodation when I get there.

This is a photo I took in March at the Summer Palace in Beijing. It was in the middle of winter. The late was frozen and people were walking on the lake and sliding around.

I took heaps of photos of these lions - I love them!

This rock might not look very interesting but I liked the story behind it. One of the emperors was on a trip and found this rock (its quite big actually). He decided to bring it back to Beijing but he ran out of money on the way, so he left it on the side of the road. Then a later emperor, who had more money, brought it the rest of the way to Beijing. Of course, me being me, I can't remember the names of the emperors or where they got it in the first place. Details details.

This is a picture taken from a window in my hotel. Beijing is quite smoggy and has lots of roads and lots of cars.