China - Day 681

Another lazy day - no hot water in the apartment which is causing some angst amongst the female members of the party. Winston called in yesterday and confirmed that the problem is one of low gas pressure. Well that's OK me thinks but when will the gas pressure get any higher? So I had a strip wash in the shower and this evening at 8pm YingYing went to the bath house for a hot shower - a flutter of excitement in the afternoon when we had a message from the visa application centre but it turned out to be a standard noreply effort which was content-free so we still don't know the outcome of the application. Result due soon according to average times that are published on the gov.uk website