I'm never drinking Long Island Iced Tea ever again

One of the better photos from what was the leaving do of all leaving dos. Jodie and myself are leaving Beijing within a week of each other so we painted the town red last night. As if we needed an excuse! Two of our drinking partners complete the picture. In fact they liked the bar we were in so much, they're thinking of holding their joint leaving bash there in a couple of months. Now that will be messy.

I was relatively tidy up until about this point, having started proceedings at a Vietnamese restaurant further round the lake at Houhai. It was approaching midnight and I was on my umpteenth Long Island.... It was a great night but I have absolutely no recollection of events, however, just looking through the photos this morning was enough to make me wince. The funniest pics were post-midnight so couldn't be blipped. (Thank the Lord for that rule!) Several others were sent straight to my 'trash' folder - Trash(ed) being the operative word.