Friday, August 23, 2013

China Blog posts Aug. 1 & 3

Aug. 1
We all went by bus today first to the garden expo, then to the Beijing zoo.  The garden expo was really nice, a huge area that was once a landfill that they turned into a beautiful touristy garden place we could have easily spent all day there.  After lunch we went to the zoo to see the pandas.  Was a little disappointed as I thought there was a baby panda there, but not the case.  Had a good time, lots of walking.  

It was my first experience with a "squatty" port-a-potty!  I certainly won't forget that!

Absolutely beautiful weather today.  We had nice thunderstorms this morning at the expo.  The tour guide folks were very kind and got us loaner umbrellas.  The Chinese are very considerate in these instances!  Nicest weather I've experienced by far, hope its like this when we tour the Great Wall.
 
 
Aug. 3
Missed posting a blog from yesterday . . . The end of the trip here is mostly tourist stuff around Beijing.  Yesterday we saw an amazing acrobats show, then this morning we visited the Great Wall.  - very aptly named!  It's incredible!  We got to walk on some parts of the wall that haven't been maintained or repaired, and it really gives you a sense of true ancient times.
 



 

 
Then after that we had tea in a Chinese tea house, then shopped at the "pearl market". 

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