Me in the airport
In Beijing, I got a taxi to the hotel, which was about 45 minutes and only cost about $10. He dropped me off in front of an ally with a giant trash trash pile in it, and after being bewildered for a few minutes I realized my hotel was down it! -- workers in the back of a restaurant were tossing meat carvings and hot oil on the heap. I got past it and it connected to more of a normal walkway, with a Chinese school on it. I found the hostel, and checked in. In the evening, our group met up for our first 'briefing'.
Our tour guide is a Chinese national named Emma, and she has been guiding various western tours throughout China for a few years. There's a group of about 9 of us, and I'm the only American! -- the rest are European, Australian, and even two Chilean brothers. I'm sharing a room with a nice 'bloke' from London named James.
We had a nice Peking Duck dinner at a local restaurant and then settled down for the night. Today, we are gonna head out and tackle the city. Gotta remember to take pictures!
sounds like fun so far and you've barely begun your journey.
ReplyDeleteYou should make that your signature pose in every photo. And I kinda wanted to see a pic of the trash pile.
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a blast!!!!