Second Artillery Command Guest House Beijing

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... extracting ourselves from the crowd gathered around wondering what the laowei could possibly have discovered. We did this a few times, almost getting an old woman speared by an old fisherman and creating a little audience for a man playing music on what appeared to be a pepper pot. A slimy little man jumped in front of us and tried to sell a "Rolex rolex, good watch" to each of us in turn, and just beyond him we found the East Palace Gate. Exiting the grounds ...

... this, there are plenty of fast food options, handy shopping expeditions or whenever you just need a cheeseburger. McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, Starbuck's Coffee, Subway Subs and Dunkin-Donuts have all established chain stores in the city.

... and half conscious so after walking there for a couple of hours we had enough... The place is great but pretty much everywhere the same. I know that some people can get lost in there for hours and enjoy, but for our needs a couple of hours was just fine. For now it was as much as we could take and even though we knew we shouldn't... we went back to the hostel and took a nap. That did wonders and in the afternoon we were ready for a ...

... we went to the Capital Gymnasium for some mens' volleyball. We saw USA vs. Italy and Brazil vs. Croatia. USA won their match, USA, USA! Brazil won also. Then we went to the Silk Market-- the best known spot for getting all those knock-off handbags and north face jackets. Then we had dinner at Tim's texas BBQ, hehe!

... one point, I approached one of the Olympics Volunteer mobiles, where over a dozen uniformed people were waiting and excited to help me. I was in obvious distress and someone was even filming our interaction as I watched them arguing in Chinese pointing in every direction. I walked away, unconfident I'd ever find the place and feeling sorry for myself. Adam called me with a phone number to reach the place, and when I called over, he suggested I hand the phone to someone ...

... front desk. They were 600 ml for 3 yuan each, which would be under 50 cents CAN. Very cheap! We went back to the room and watched the rest of our movie from the night before. We headed out to the hutong area that we were in before dinner. We found a cool restaurant on Lotus Lane. Its Yunnan style food, which is a province in southwest China. We had roast duck strips, shrimp and sautéed ...

... we had large semi-trailers and trucks barreling towards us, but we managed to always get into the right lane in time ... it was insanity I tell ya! We caught glimpses of the wall from the car but it doesn't prepare you for seeing it in all it's glory. I must say it is one of the few sights that can legitimately lay claim to taking your breath away. Our 10km trek to Simatai began after catching a cable-car ride up from the base at Jinshanling... Don't look down Ellen! I can ...

... manequins depicting different 'departments' of Taoist universe. Saw the Lama Temple, which is a Tibetan temple, and totally sold me on the idea of going to Tibet (not this trip though). Also went to the Confucius temple and Imperial College, which was stupid because every single building was covered up for renovation. Went to see an acrobatics show, which was heaps of fun - kids doing all sorts of jaw-dropping things. Sat (today ...

... strolled past shops and up to the entry plaza. After a group photo in the best scenic spot we split up to climb up and down the wall. There were lots of steps which were OK but I found the uphill slant of the non steps to be leg cramp inducing.....reducing the distance I could go. But that didn't mean that it wasn't worth it....the views were wonderful and the whole idea was to BE THERE. Just to look off in the distance ...