Week 1- Beijing

So I’m on my third day in Beijing! I have two more to go! Well technically only one, since I fly out mid day on the second one. So far I have explored the streets that are around my hostel. I saw a Chinese street Market which was cool. I’ve experienced part of the culture that way for sure.

The room next to mine happens to be two American boys back-packing part of Asia. We signed up for a tour of the Great Wall together. We explored the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall.

Upon our exploration of the Great Wall and we meet some great people from New Zealand and Australia. I was lucky and the guys from NZ had no problem with me quoting Mulan, and they even sung songs with me!

*View of the city near the Great Wall

*lookie lookie its me on the Great Wall

I had the chance to explore the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. While going from the Forbidden City to Tiananmen Square, two Chinese ladies stopped me and asked me to join them for tea. So they actually taught me a few things about their culture. It was super cool.

*Entrance to Forbidden City

*Someone took my photo in side!

*GUYS MULAN WAS HERE!! ;)

*View of Forbidden City from Tiananmen Square

*The National Museum of China

*Garden within the Forbidden City

*Mote type thing

*The Flag is standing in Tiananmen Square and that is the Entrance to Forbidden City

*Another old Palace across from Forbidden City

*That was the outer wall of old old Beijing

That night I meet up with Cait and saw her hostel. On my last day in Beijing I took some time to finish up packing and spent more time with Cait. I also learnt how to send text and call people. Their phones work a lot more differently than ours do. We watched them lower the flag in Tiananmen Square.

*She would kill me and will when she see this.

Well thats a wrap for Beijing! Now to go catch my flight!
CHONGQING HERE I COME!