Day 3 - Hospital, Beijing Planning Exhibition, Suing Acrobatic Troupe

Early start, no breakfast as the medical check-up will include a blood test. When I say a full medical I mean it. I think we went through every test imaginable. Turns out they think I have some gall stones which they picked up on the ultrasound. Not many of the staff spoke English but a couple of the doctors could. The ear specialist spoke excellent English and when I told him my hearing was bad he said that physically they were OK. After the tests we were given breakfast in the dining room and some ladies came up in white coats. Turns out they are herbal specialists and everyone was prescribed some herbal medicine before we left after some very long chats. It was actually a bit boring for me because I couldn't understand what everyone was talking about and I definitely think there could have been better things for me to do that morning.

Then to a restaurant in a multi storey Office building before heading off to the Beijing City Planning Exhibition. This was actually quite an interesting exhibition and featured a 3D movie, vast model of Beijing and some history as well. There was also an interesting bronze model of Beijing and the surrounding mountains where you could see where the Great Wall is situated. Everyone was then given some time to rest before heading off to dinner. A bit too much time for me but I didn't have much choice.

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After another massive banquet dinner we were taken to see the Suing Acrobatic Troupe of Sichuan China. Unfortunately we were rather late and got there just before the last act before intermission. I did buy a DVD of the show so we could see what we missed. The DVD was only about $AUS5.00. What we saw was quite enjoyable.