Jinan – Beijing Day Seven
Aug 1 2010
With business all complete, we were picked up from our hotel and taken to Jinan railway station, for the train trip back to Beijing. We had a big breakfast at the hotel, to cover us for our trip back. Haha – it proved to be a a gastric mistake for me!
The trains are always fully booked, so we were lucky to have pre-purchased tickets. We waited in a room at the station which serviced half a dozen platforms.
Once our train was called – we took the escalator down o the platform where a very modern train awaited us:
The trip back top Beijing was similar to our trip through the countryside on our way to the Great Wall. Every square foot was planted is some sort of crop:
It was a 3.5 hour train trip, and we arrived at a very modern South Beijing railway station:
We actually took the underground back to the hotel. It cost 2 rmb per ticket (About NZ$0.45c). That was a cool trip, and completed a very enjoyable trip to Jinan.
We arrived back at the hotel about 4:00pm, and after having a relaxing cup of coffee, we went downtown for another great meal and an “oreo sunday” at McDonalds.
Home to bed for an early night and a flight back to New Zealand the following day.