Beijing - sun, rain & the National Holiday week (2017)
Since I sadly couldn't go to Mongolia (too remote), I decided to meet my Mongolia-returning friend in Beijing. We both hadn't been, so thought it might be fun. After booking the flight and hotel, I realised it was the National Holiday week in China - and every website I looked at (after making the bookings) said 'avoid travelling to China from 1 - 7 October. It was too late to change our dates so we braced ourselves for the crowds, and loads of 'atmosphere'.
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