Day 5 – Summer Palace
Summer Palace is one of the most popular tourists attractions in Beijing.
Entering…
A view from one side of the palace to the other side. You can take a boat across instead of walking around the circumference. Would say the whole thing is about the size of the Toronto Islands. And if you think about that, that’s a huge piece of land build for one person to live on.
Might help you float if you fall in
Hand painted, a few kilometres long walkway
Meticulously painted, most def. Wish my ceiling could have that.
Bowser doors, hahah. If you remember the old SNES games.
Drop by the one of the markets with Noah, to pick up some sunglasses. When we first asked them what the price was, they said 150 RMB. But Noah was able to haggle them down to 20 RMB. That’s like 20% of the original price, lol. They really make an effort to try and rip you off if you look like a foreigner. Only a few dollars spent ($3.50 CAD)
After a long trip, return back to the room. Now have a Brazillian born Chinese guy as my roomate (Korean guy switched out).
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those look like water lotus plants. we use the leaves for sticky rice and the roots as vegetables. you know the brown vegetables with big holes in them that you always pick out of my chinese stew
Comment by dianayee — October 30, 2011 @ 5:03 PM
yeah the korean guy probably wanted to go live with some other korean guy to play starcraft with and disconnect. youre in the REAL taobao now son.
Comment by Eric — November 1, 2011 @ 8:54 AM
You should try haggling a store merchant for a good luck Money Cat
Comment by Karl Wang — November 6, 2011 @ 12:15 PM