Yesterday was a great day as we spent some time in the morning, exploring the Great Wall of China approx 1.5 hours away from Beijing. Awesome is all I can say, it was well worth the taxi trip. Coming down the hill was the challenge though, having to manuver through all the vendors selling their wares. They were so aggressive I had to physically push them out of the way!
After a few beers, it didn't seem too bad any more. It was quite a climb getting to the wall and the beer was well deserved! We seem to be drinking a lot of beer here. I think with all the smog, it just seems to sooth the throat......does that sound like a good enough reason?
From there, we taxied to the Summer Palace, used by the emperors and their families in bygone times to get away from the heat of Beijing. Another awesome place! I'll try to put some pictures up soon, but I've only got dial up right now and it's really slow.
One challenge we had to do was take a picture of a little kid with a pair of those split pants on and no diaper. I had a hard time not feeling like a pervert trying to casually take a photo of some little kid's butt.....tried to look like I was fixing my camera, but I got the shot!
At 10pm we all met to hand in our scorecards and find out where we're going next......are you ready?.........I'll let you know on my next post :)
And a very Happy Birthday to my favourite, youngest, sister Jacki. Hope you have a wonderful day Jack!
After a few beers, it didn't seem too bad any more. It was quite a climb getting to the wall and the beer was well deserved! We seem to be drinking a lot of beer here. I think with all the smog, it just seems to sooth the throat......does that sound like a good enough reason?
From there, we taxied to the Summer Palace, used by the emperors and their families in bygone times to get away from the heat of Beijing. Another awesome place! I'll try to put some pictures up soon, but I've only got dial up right now and it's really slow.
One challenge we had to do was take a picture of a little kid with a pair of those split pants on and no diaper. I had a hard time not feeling like a pervert trying to casually take a photo of some little kid's butt.....tried to look like I was fixing my camera, but I got the shot!
At 10pm we all met to hand in our scorecards and find out where we're going next......are you ready?.........I'll let you know on my next post :)
And a very Happy Birthday to my favourite, youngest, sister Jacki. Hope you have a wonderful day Jack!
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