Have to head out in a little while to go to Beijing for the day but I wanted to write a quick summary of my day yesterday. I slept pretty well throughout the night and got up at 9:30 to have some breakfast. One of my friends/co-workers picked me up at noon to take me on a tour of the city. People had said that there isn't much to see here but I was pleasantly surprised to discover the contrary.
We went to a couple of "mall" type stores where I browsed and bought a few handicrafts etc. The general merchandise here isn't cheap (like clothes and electronics) but groceries and handicrafts seems pretty reasonable. I got stared at a lot since I was probably the only non-Asian looking person roaming around. There were tourists from other Asian countries but very few other tourists that I saw. On this cultural street we went to some of the shopkeeprs could not help asking me all sorts of questions and trying to practice their english. Everyone is very friendly and genuinely interested in your background and culture. This one little asian girl who must have been 3 or 4 was very cutely trying to practice some English with me. I tried not to make her too conscious but she got a little shy after a few sentences back and forth.
Anyway, short update for now. I need to catch a cab to the train station so I can meet up with my ex-boss and head to Beijing. Should be fun. I'll try to post the pics from my first few days soon.
AJ
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