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Last Night in Beijing

I still didn’t have roomates and the hostel was pretty quiet. I went to the lounge area which had an electric piano that I had been using and there was actually people there. I overheard the girl say she was going to Australia and she was coming from...

3rd Day~ Beijing Zoo

By the third day I was pretty tired out but at least my pick up time was 8:30. I had time for breakfast this morning and got a waffle from the hostel.  It was only a small van and not a tour bus because I was the only one that day. It was nice because I got to decide...

Noodle Restaurant

After my second day touring I went out for dinner once again and couldn’t decide where to go. I randomly went into this little noodle resturant that had one table open. They did have an english menu plus pictures so that was nice. The food there was to die for...

2nd Day~ Forbidden City

First thing we did that morning (and I was the first stop so I had to be ready at 6:30 am) was visit the forbidden city. It was really cool to see the comparison to the movie “the last emporer” and to imagine what happened in the palace. It was enormous,...

Evening out

It was my night to explore. I got home around 3 from my day tour. I got to relax for awhile and then went out to find a place to eat. I walked down a street full of resturants and I stopped at a little place for takeaway. It was about $3.80 in total and it was too...

1st Day~ Great Wall of China

I had purchased a 3 day tour seeing the highlights in Beijing. The first day included visiting a jade factory/store, Ming tomb, lunch, great wall, and a tea ceremony. I didn’t get many pictures of the places we went at first and we weren’t allowed to take...