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So it finally stopped raining (continuation from last blog) and i decided to go for a walk, so i walked up to Tiananmen Square. it was nice and cold from all the rain that day. so i walked around and saw the lowering of the flag and then went to walk back to the hostel. On the way back i bumped into Kate, Brandy and Deven and they were going to have duck for tea and invited me aswell. so we walked around a huge block and finally got to the duck restuarant (we went the long way). It was really nice and we all got to know each other and had duck and beer. then we went back to the hostel and to bed.
The next day we all met in the common area and went to the dirt market, we caught the subway and a bus to get there. they actually all push to get in the train its kinda strange but fun, some thing happend on the bus. we looked around the markets i brought a chairman moa hat, like the one i left at home. we spent most of the day at the market so we ran
out of time to do much else so we walked around abit and found some hutons(something like that) its like the back allies the common ppl live in. then we went back to the hostel, i said goodbye/see ya later to the friends i had made and then went to meet up with my tour group. i was the last to arrive and all over the place. we went out to tea and had so much food it was awesome.
The next day we went to the wall. a less known part thats a 3 hour drive away. so we got there and walked up some stares to get to the wall, well the stares almost killed me just getting up there. it was so beautiful and awesome on the wall, and so mother fucking hard, some parts were more like climbing ladders then walking up steps. there were a few ppl along the wall selling coke and t-shirts and all that shit. i bought a can of coke. it was such hard work but im so happy i did it. for about the last hour (it was a 5 hour walk, 17kms i think we did) i listened to
korn on my ipod, i was so excited that i was listening to korn on the great wall and i was hyper from the can of coke, i think i confused a few ppl in my group coz i was jumping around and talk what i guess they consider shit but yeah, fuck them. speaking of my group, the seem like a good bunch, i sharing a room with this cool 19 year old english guy called oscar, he's like a fitness junky it makes me sick, but he's cooll aswell. most ppl in the group are around my age and then there are 4 aussies form QLd who are well about mum and dads age (i wont say old, might upset some ppl). so we got home from the wall a few of us went out for tea and then i went to bed.
so now for today. today was a free day. i went to the summer palace to look around, it was such a cool place, we looked at the old buildings and hired a peddle paddle boat (hope that makes sence) and peddled that around the lake. we walked up some more stares, i hate stares
now ive decided. and spent most of the day in this awesome place. then we came back. i was ment to go to the temple of heaven but im so fucked from the wall and from walking around the summer palace that i decided to come to a hostel and use its internet, oh yeah the hotel we are staying in is nice. so tonight we go see some acrobats and then tomorrow we got to tiananmen sqare and the forbiden city and then a night train to Xian, the old capital, which according to everyone is full of pick pockets and is most likly the place you'll have something stolen, so theres something to look forwards to.
sorry no pics but like i said im in a hostel using there internet coz its so much cheaper then the hotel, i'll upload pic later, so untill next time have fun ppl.
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