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Huh. Lot'a steps on that there great wall.
Today:
1) National Jade Museum/Store/Tourist trap Lovely jade, fairly good english, sell sell sell!2) Great Wall O'China I sweat today in ways I didn't know were possible, and my legs and feet are screaming. Entirely worth it.3) Bizzare lunch at a restaurant above a factory that makes painted copper bowls. These are available for you to buy. ...
Waiguo! Foreigner!
In China, I am a Waiguoren -- an outer-country-person, specifically a Meiguuoren (American). The average Wong on the street seems hugely fasinated by us. Little kids especially will shout to their parents "WAIGUO!" or "MEIGUO!" This often preceeds giddy screaming. The Chinese kids that I've seen are precocious as hell, and seem always to be in a family crowd that includes at ...
Yummy Beijing Cultural Experience For Enjoyment
... with an opportunity to use some of my Chinese. There was a flock of vendors with cheap tourist **** that had congregated right outside the doors of the bus. These folks are everywhere in the tourist areas, and pushy as hell. Thanks to Dreaming in Chinese though, I knew to say buyao, or buyong. 不要!不用 ;! Don't want, or Don't need. Most of them get a kick out of it when a whiteboy says this to them. ...
Got in last evening.
There were any number of minor and more or less interesting adventures that got me here, but in short: I arrived at PEK yesterday evening at around 4pm local time. Was collected by my handlers (other students) after following the human fish schools towards the exit of the airport. We had a Taxi ride that makes any traffic in the US look sane, relaxed and cordial by comparison. Arrived at the hotel, which is inexplicably ...
3.000 Stufen oder doch mehr?
... uns auf die Kraft unserer Beine. Der erste Teil ist gemütlich zu bewandern und belohnt mit einer schönen Flusslandschaft. Auf dem Weg nach unten durchstreift man einsam die Gegend.
An einem gewissen Checkpoint der Strecke beginnt es spannend zu werden. Komplett schweißgebadete Wanderer ohne Puste kommen einem plötzlich zu Haufe entgegen. Ab hier gilt es steil bergab die berühmt berüchtigten Stufen zu bewältigen. Im Hinterkopf ...