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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
... but by this point, I had reached my cultural landmark appreciation threshold. (Eh, it's just another 600 year old wooden building made out of marble.)
Finally, (after a blessed break where one could have a shower in one's room) dinner. Peking Duck. Oh my my.
Ended the day at the Olympic pavilion. Big open space --> whole bunch of chinese people hanging around. Okay. Jet Lag now glory sleep golden happy bed.
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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?
... fassen. Bei der Begeisterung vergesse ich vollkommen außer Atem zu kommen. Highlight für die Besucher von „unten" als auch von „oben“ kommend, ist der Wasserfall der drei Stufen, der sich irgendwo in der Mitte der Talsenke befindet.
Wir beschließen noch weiter nach unten zu wandern und kehren dann irgendwann wieder um. Wir sind überrascht, dass wir die Stufen bergauf anstandslos packen, und überreden uns den ...