Beijing part II and more to come

Delicious street food for 10 cents

At night we went to eat the Peking duck, which was delicious. 

Peking duck

Me eating picking duck:)

They are many many Peking duck restaurants in Beijing. They bring you some tortillas but very thin once, some cucumber, sauce, and onions. You put it all together and wrap it, as well as they bring duck soup, some vegetables, and sweet and sour chicken. Basically the food in Beijing is delicious and only costs 20 cents and up to a one dollar if you eat on the street. I tried so many things; local shawarma, pastries, yogurts, snake, grasshopper feet and much more.

we are surrounded

the girl was very scared of me 

The next day we went to the great wall, which was an adventure in and of itself. To get there we took the taxi to the bus station (taxi is super cheap in Beijing), then a 2 hours bus, then an hour car drive. FYI they try to scam you everywhere in Beijing and charge you very high prices. We got lost and couldn’t find a way to the great wall from the local bus station we go to. Obviously no one speaks English and they are no local taxis to bring us there. 10 Chinese men were trying to make us go with them to the great wall and surrounded us. We tried bargaining to get a lower  price but in the end we gave up, and paid 10US each for a round trip to the wall and back. The great wall is amazing, can’t believe how people even built it. The wall is 6,200 km, which is super long and unbelievable how people even though of building it. As general Mao said, “He who has not climbed the Great Wall isn’t a true man” I am a real man now, oh maybe a real woman. The hike was incredible we have spent  three hours on the wall just walking and enjoying the view. We went to the more secluded part, we were almost the only once there and had a great time not being surrounded by hundreds of tourists. One of my dreams came true and I am so glad I had the opportunity to see Beijing and the great wall. Walking on thousands years of history, and just being in Asia is very fascinating. The hike back was quite steep and adventurous, at any time you can fall down and roll like a little rock on those mountains. That day brought with it many things to remember.