Day 3

OH Beijing, Oh Beijing…

Who built this city… ??? I think Beijing is pretty big city to compare to Laguna Niguel. High buildings, jammed traffic, cars driving the way they think it is all right and cops just doing nothing but laughing … We saw few car accidents, but just little ones- Nothing major. With this driving you would guess that people have big ones, but since Chinese drivers are BAD GOOD drives, and they know how to eliminate accidents. Everything is timed for them- people crossing the streets, other cars making turns. Etc.

Today we went to Forbidden City. It is awesome city, but weather was too hot again and we just speeed in and speed out of it. The history, architecture, antiques, details, city plan- it is all amazing. It is something entirely different. You got to see to understand what I am talking about.

I often hear from people who visited china , That China is beautiful. But what is beauty all about anyway? You get here. First thing that you notice is smell , not everywhere but in lot of places. Then you see the dirt , then you see construction going on everywhere, then you see people on bikes , and people here LOVE to bike. There are way to many bikes on road and most of the time they do not care about cars, they are everywhere. Crazy, lot of the time they drive towards you ,….. Imagine that….

Then you see people spitting on streets, blowing their noses with fingers. And let me tell you!!!!- TIP OF THE CENTURY—If you get the urge to visit restroom , be ready for holes in the ground and no toilet papers in sight. YES, holes everywhere, potty is luxury here. .. lol And I carry toilet paper with me … OH, and always carry LOADS of cash with you. Most of the places do not accept credit cards, you have to pay with cash no matter where you go. AND life here is not cheep. It is very expensive. Your every step costs you money. Driving, parking, eating, breathing. Let me tell you- Starbucks- SHORT, TALL and GRANDE—these are sizes here instead of Tall, Grande and VENTI…

And GRANDE is more expensive than Venti is USA. Grazy….

But beauty here is the OLD stuff- Great wall, forbidden city, shopping experience, handcrafts, antiques, people itself,, curiosity, awesome Chinese restaurants …. There is lot of beauty here , everybody just has to find what is BEAUTIFUL for them….