October 2

We made our way to the buffet breakfast in the best hotel in town in disgustingly smelly clothes, much to the confusion of all the business travellers also dining.  We found out we could watch the AFL grand final replay in the hotel bar, so we snuck in a few tins from the shop around the corner as it was roughly 20 times cheaper than buying from the bar.  Our flight wasn't until late that night so we spent the day wandering around the city and then hung out eating pizza and having a few beers near the central square watching the Ruskis go about their day.  Stopped for a quiet dinner at Pub 501, but we were soon to find out that being a foreigner in this place is quite an attractive trait for local girls, if you're looking for a Russian bride then Novosibirsk is the place to start.  Once the band started a couple of brothers, Dimitri & Sergei, began to talk to us, in Russian of course, but the most we understood is that we had to drink vodka with them.  Lucky we had to leave for our flight, but they still managed to slam about 5 or 6 vodkas into us in about half an hour.  Once we got to the airport we were definitely in no state to deal with the huge crowds, tripping over all our luggage made it more difficult, but they thankfully let us on the plane for the 4 hour flight to Beijing.

Relaxing while keeping an eye out for our Uncle

The beginning of the downfall