2nd day in Beijing!! October 5th, 2009
Humm ok then, Beijing!!! What can I say?? It’s an experiance like no other!! Today I have been to the forbidden city, and tiananmen square They were both amazing places to visit. Andy and I hired a private tour guide for the forbidden city which was really good and would deffinatly recomend.
I got a bit fed up today because I couldn’t relax!! Everywhere we went I had people staring at me!! I know I’m different to them! At the end of the day Im nearly 6ft have blonde hair, green eyes and big boobs which is very different from the advage Chinese person but do they really have to stare at me??? People were even taking photos of me and asking if they could have a photo taken with me!!! WTF??? I really don’t understand what the big fuss is all about!! We have Chinese people in the uk and we don’t give it a second thought! Andy thinks we should get a tent and put me in it and let the locals pay for a photo with me!! Ha ha!! I can just see it now!! I would be sooo rich.
Tomorrow we are off to the great wall. We have decided to go on a tour! We are getting picked up at 6.15am and it’s a 3 and a half hour drive to the wall then a 4 hour hike and then the drive home! We could just walk the bit of the wall that is local to the area but apparently it will be packed out with Chinese people and I really can’t handle another day of being stared at. We were recomended the tour by the guy who owns our hostel. He said it’s where most western people go to walk the wall because it’s one of the best bits, just a shame it’s so far away! But still I’m really looking forward to it!
I have got to say that out of all the places I have been to so far Beijing is by far the worst when it comes to smells.. it’s extreamly bad in some areas and really nice in others depending on what’s being cooked and how clean the public toilets are!! Also kids don’t seem to understand what toilets are!! They just go in the middle of the street! I’ve also seen tons of people spitting which is just gross but it seems to be the norm over here! I guess it has something to do with the smog. It was fairly bad today!