25/08/11
Shops are overstaffed, one person does the transaction three other people watch. In hospitals it;s a different story. It's pure chaos. Luckily I had my Chinese friend Jung Pung (or Johnny K as he likes to be called) to help me out. After an hour or so I eventually got to see a doctor. Unfortunately he was a bone specialist. Acupuncture is only done in the morning so I'll have to go tomorrow, bright and early. On the positive side, we got excellent food from a street vendor. I filled myself up for 60p and acupuncture is 15 times less expensive here than in Edinburgh. Unfortunately Full Tilt is still shut down, I'm in the mood to make some money.
26/08/11
My camera is fixed. I'm off to Datong tomorrow for two nights then head to either Hohhot in Inner Mongolia to stay in a Mongol tent (a yurt) and ride horses or go to the walled city of Pingyao or Taiyuan. It's only 5 hours on the bus. I slept in for the acupuncture. I heard thunder and torrential rain when my alarm went off and thought I'd stay in bed instead. Myself, Jung Pung and an Italian dude went to hear live Tibetan music down some alleyway in a hutong last night. I really enjoyed it.
I'm really looking forward to getting out of Beijing. Datong is a coal producing city. It is really polluted. I look forward to seeing the industrial heart of China and I'll be visiting monasteries built into the side of cliffs and caves with thousands of Buddhist rock carvings.
I think I'll take Sabrina and Jung Pung out to have some Peking Duck tonight. I'm really glad I met them. Johnny K is a legend. His English has improved as much as my Chinese in the past few days.
26/08/11
My camera is fixed. I'm off to Datong tomorrow for two nights then head to either Hohhot in Inner Mongolia to stay in a Mongol tent (a yurt) and ride horses or go to the walled city of Pingyao or Taiyuan. It's only 5 hours on the bus. I slept in for the acupuncture. I heard thunder and torrential rain when my alarm went off and thought I'd stay in bed instead. Myself, Jung Pung and an Italian dude went to hear live Tibetan music down some alleyway in a hutong last night. I really enjoyed it.
I'm really looking forward to getting out of Beijing. Datong is a coal producing city. It is really polluted. I look forward to seeing the industrial heart of China and I'll be visiting monasteries built into the side of cliffs and caves with thousands of Buddhist rock carvings.
I think I'll take Sabrina and Jung Pung out to have some Peking Duck tonight. I'm really glad I met them. Johnny K is a legend. His English has improved as much as my Chinese in the past few days.
Photos from a wander around a hutong
Ciao
Stephen by the time you're done they'll all sound Scottish. I've been enjoying every word and photo, look forward to reading this as you go along. Thanks. Zoungy
ReplyDeleteCheers Zoungy. How's things with you? the book deadline must be fast approaching?
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