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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!
... of their antecedents.
As for adults, many are very keen to have their picture taken with a strange and exotic specimen such as myself. Chinese folks seem to like Americans especially, which is pretty cool considering a US passport is not a hugely PC one to have in most places these days.
A word on Crowds: I don't really mind them here. Possibly this is because I am ...
Yummy Beijing Cultural Experience For Enjoyment
Today was all about Beijing landmarks. We rode around in a tour bus in Beijing traffic all day. This might seem like bit of an inconvenience, except it was 90 degrees today with 80% humidity and the bus has Air Conditioning. It also makes the mindbending Beijing traffic more tolerable when your vehicle is at the top of the food chain. I like the bus.
Out first destination was Tienanmen Square. Got off the bus and was ...
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?
... 8220; abermals zu Fuß zu bewältigen. Recht fit kommen wir oben an, und machen noch einen kurzen Stop an einem berühmten Aussichtspunkt. Noch bevor die Sonne untergeht erreichen wir die Bergstadt im Nebel.
Ob wir nun 3000 Stufen in eine oder in beide Richtungen bewältigt haben, ist nicht von großer Bedeutung, denn zum zählen blieb keine Aufmerksamkeit. Was aber zählt, sind abermals unglaubliche Eindrücke dieser spektakulären ...