After an 8 hour delay and a ride in the probably oldest and worst plane ever, we made it to China, got ripped off by a taxi driver and finally settled into a rather noisy and not-so-clean backpackers hostel.
What can we say – it’s Beijing. It’s humongous. There’s more than 63’000 registered taxis (and we didn’t find a single nice one). It’s said to have the most polluted air of any city in the world. Maybe that’s the reason why most people looked not so happy.
On the upside, it’s close to the Great Wall, which is great. It also features a park called Temple of Heaven, where we actually found happy people, singing and working out – regardless of their age. And if you look closely, you’ll find some artsy-hipstery-retro coffee shops, which actually serve very good coffee.
That was it. Not a place we’d visit again. Off we go.
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