What a day!!!

where do i start. maybe the guy jumping through sheet ice in a pair or speedos. or maybe or maybe chris almost falling through sheet ice.

I think i start at last night. Peking duck. awesome. well almost. between 11 its recommended 2/3 ducks. so after hearing their recommendation we ordered 5. don't get me wrong it was fantastic. mega celebs such as "Geoff Hoon" and some french dude called Jacques Something or other have eaten there and had there photos on the wall.

We woke up this morning and rented bikes. great idea. until you've tried to cross the 10 lane highway next to Tien'mien square. we road for 2 hours north to the lakes in the center of Beijing. this time of the year they are frozen over, so as anyone would do we rented special bike sleds (photos available when china gets Internet above 1MB an hour). Chris almost killed a child.

Being men, roman,sharan,Chris and i found a Indian restaurant and ate BUTTER CHICKEN with all the works for 70ish yuan about 7.30. After 2 hours of curry we went back to the lakes where we decided to use our road bikes as sleds on the next frozen lake. (pics are hilarious)

Chris almost fell through the ice in a thin point.Laughter ensued.

later we saw a bloke, for no apparent reason stand on the edge of a frozen lake at a point which they had cleared of ice, decide to belly flop into the water, to the enjoyment of the crowd. after this we decided to start getting back. passing Tien'mien we caught the start of the flag lowering ceremony. Being intelligent guys we saw everyone was queuing up behind the barriers with a cycle lane in front, so we stopped in the cycle lane in front of about 2 thousand people. The Chinese solider on guard didn't seem as happy, as we were at our decision (well i say that, i didn't understand what he was saying but a guy with a assault riffle walking towards you screaming at you probably means he didn't like us being there too much) anyways must dash, food.