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Markets in Beijing
The markets in Beijing are unbelievable hassling places. Hundreds of young women try to sell you stuff you don’t need. “Looka, looka, Mista friendly price” and they act like in professional show business- full of emotions that aim one big goal- your money. But fair enough everybody has to make a living, so I tried to negotiate about prices for things I didn’t intend to buy, just to try it. And it worked quite well.
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Summer palace
When visiting the summer palace I met 2 Chinese couples, who hardly spoke a word English. They came along asking me to take pictures together with them. I tried my 3 sentences Chinese over and over again and Tautau, one of the Chinese guys, improved his English. We spend the whole afternoon together and had a very nice time. Their names are Tautau, Adi, Dakun and Xiaocai. If they ever read this: “You guys really rock, nice greetings from me! Enjoy the swiss drinking chocolate, with your parents”
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Fixed a computer for bed and breakfast
Ryan and me moved into a new place. I helped him carry his stuff into some hired car, and was happy that I could make myself a little useful. The new flat is really amazing, we are in the 19th floor and have a view over whole Beijing. Again I have fixed a computer for bed and breakfast. Since we had no internet at the new place I tried to find some hotspot- and finally found a still operating hotspot from the Olympic games. And here we go- free internet for Ryan.
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Going out
Yesterday we spent some time going out to some very nice bars and got to know more people. Here is a picture of Shelly and her friend Joy, having a great time with some Austrian maniac.
Since I didn’t quite know how to find the new place I told Ryan to write the address on a slip of paper, so that I can show it to a cab driver to take me home. Unfortunately the cab driver still didn’t have a clue where to go and dropped me at some place I really didn’t know. So here I stood- 3 in the morning- freezing cold. After walking around for approximately half an hour and climbing some fences- I found the right building and went to bed as I still had 3 hours of sleep before going to the great wall.
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The great wall
Today I went to the great wall. It was a hiking journey. We spent 3 hours on the bus and hiked 10 kilometres on the wall. I met 1 Spanish and 3 German guys. Sandra, Sebatian, Björn and Christian. Tonight we will go out together- I really look forward to it.
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Hitchhiking from Poland to Beijing
I was lucky to get to know this very nice Polish couple, Agata and Witold. Those two actually managed to travel from Krakau in Poland to Beijing in China by hitchhiking. This really made me stunned so read about their great stories at www.zaile.pl
I wish you luck and a good flight back home you two nomads.
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At the moment I feel like I will not need a plane to go to Bangkok next week- because I could fly there myself.
Cheers
Michael
P.S.: (14.12.2008 --> going out on Saturday)
First mistake: Learning some strange Chinese dice game in a bar with Chinese people.
Second mistake: Accepting the rule to drink everytime you loose.
Third mistake: Not beeing very good in playing the game.
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