you gotta pay to play

clare small.  wall big.

dude blowing sugar candy

forbidden city sweeper

international sign for peking duck

local know-how

foosball at leo courtyard hostel

outdoor haircut, beijing

requisite panda shot

scorpion popsicle

seriously old skool

what about unscrupulous behavior?

when in rome...

feb 7th, 2011

druk air 

30,000 feet up

heading for bhutan

You gotta pay to play.  Have been deathly sick for the past 36 hours.  Slightly recovered.  While ben clare and jill enjoyed the Bangkok weekend market, i enjoyed sweating through my sheets at regular intervals.

Beijing was awesome.  We stayed at at the Leo Courtyard Hostel and it worked out perfectly.  4 beds and a private bathroom.  The staff was great.  We took two tours with the hostel.  One to the great wall and one to a chinese acrobat show.  Both were excellent.  

We hit the wall on a beautiful day.  We saw about three other tourists while we were there.  Very windy.  Clare and I hiked a couple of kms straight up.  Stunning views.  What a crazed and amazing military concept.

Other highlights were Peking duck (we doubled down), the dirt market (yo lou), the forbidden city, and most of all the huge happy vibe of a huge city firing up for the year of the rabbit,  

We chose to stay in beijing for a few extra days rather than try and jam in the terra cotta dudes and shaolin temple.  too much moving.  

Jill continues to ponder her import/export future and I continue to hope for a second interview for the acs job.  Too bad we couldn't blog from China.  The government seems quite down on user generated content.  Seems like someone who knew a little about VPN and proxy networks could make some huge coin.