China #7: the giant freezer

Interesting fact for today: the emperor had many 'little wives' who he would sleep with all days of the month except on the 9th 19th and 29th, those days were reserved for the queen because '9' was the royal number. These women were only allowed to stay 2hours, then they had to leave. They had to approach the king on the bed from the feet upwards, if they crawled too fast they were deemed too desperate, and if they crawled too slow they were lethargic and boring, lol !

Second last day of the tour. We spent it in cheng de, a beautiful town about 2.5 hours north of Beijing. It is freezing there, the lakes are frozen over. Dodgy hotel stay last night. It was '4 stars' apparently, but it had no toilet paper and dirty sheets, a leaky bathtub (or toilet) and the room smelt real funky. But I was thankful anyway, seeing how many people have to freeze on the streets at night.

So today we mainly visited temples and stuff. It's all getting a little repetitive and boring... The bad thing about being part of a tour group is that you cant leave when you want to or stay longer if it's fun, everything is so timed. Nevertheless , the scenery was so nice, so pretty! China really is a beautiful country, ( the parts that aren't crowded with people and skyscrapers).

Can't wait to sleep zzzzzzzzzz x_x anyone know how to make yourself look older? Somebody asked if my brother and I were twins today o_O! Aaaaahhhhh :(

<3 Chloe