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August 19th 2015

Published: August 19th 2015

A busy day: up early, off to the Great Wall, lunch at Jade Center, home for some secret shopping, meet a colleague for dinner, then get fitted for a suit, then up to the top of the hotel to get some views of night-time Beijing.... Read Full Entry

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Some views on the way back to the hotel of the Wall

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Our tour (surprise!) came with an outstanding lunch!

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This should be self E-Xian-splanitory. If not, this is a model of the Xian soldiers outside our tour's restaurant.

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Ellen and Texan in front of the Jade Center / Restaurant complex.

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Lama temple

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Off to a store that sells... items.

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We only shop where the best shop. In this case, Shaq.

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A store that sells items.

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Pearl market (aka Red Bridge Market). They sell everything, and they sell it aggressively. "Hey Lady, you buy this, now! I give you best price. No don't go. I do better!"

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Do I have one of these nerves? Or is it the special nerve that gives the locals the ability to drive so assertively?

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Our ride home from Pearl Market was...not...luxurious... but it worked!

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The little lobby lounge (quite nice) at the New World.

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Dinner with colleague Sharon at a SheBei restaurant, featuring cuisine from Northwest China (that's what SheBei means). It was outstanding!

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Ellen and Sharon. They are having ribs, and the gloves are de rigueur when taking them out of the serving dish.

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Rich and Sharon (longtime Alcatel-Lucent buddies).

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For the Olympics (ParaOlympics) of 2008, these nubby surfaces were put in many Beijing sidewalks for the blind athletes.

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