Xinsheng

I'm still alive after the lava drink. The alcohol last night probably killed off any potential life threatening diseases. Oh and I manged to scrub the penis off my face with ease. I might be a little tired today but at least I don't have a giant red nob on my cheek.

So I've just got on the bus which I'm hoping will take me to a place called Huairou. Then grab a taxi onto a little village to stay for the night so I can hike the "wild" Great Wall at Jiankou in time for sunrise.

I've heard a lot about bus scams where someone who looks like a conductor asks you to get off the bus ensuring you it's your stop but ends up being the wrong stop and then you having to use their friends taxi at an extortionate cost.

Luckily I have GPS so I know when I need to get off. Let's see what happens.

Oh I'm the only foreigner on the bus. I was hoping someone else would make the same journey as me. Let's hope there's at least one person who can speak English at the village. All I've got to go on is the information I took off a forum.Read more