The Beijing Post
Sorry for being so behind on my entries. Looking back, 2007 was definitely a year of travel. I was always off somewhere almost every month or even twice a month. As you can see, I’m gearing up for the Biggest Trip of the Year. But before that happens, I really want to pen my thoughts and pictures on Beijing. China’s a place I would like to see more of — there are so many things going on there and the development is astonishing.
Anyway, here are the highlights of my five-day holiday in this capital city.
This picture has particular significance because it was taken by two Anhui ladies in our Great Wall tour group. First, they saw the kangaroo shooting us using his long arms so they offered to take a photo of us. Then they wanted to take pictures with us….after which, the whole tour group surrounded us and gently pushed me aside to take pictures with the kangaroo! He felt like a superstar — they kept exclaiming, “He’s so handsome! (Ta hen shuai)” and “He’s so tall! (Tan hen gao)”.
This is our tour group. The Anhui folk were a funny bunch. It was through them I learned a bit of Chinese humour — the ruder they were to you, the more they liked you. In fact, one of the guys had a great pick-up line, “I’ll take you out to dinner tonight if you wash my feet after.” Sexy, eh?
It was a steep uphill climb.
The kangaroo ran out of puff for a bit there.
Wheee… we were at the top of a particularly high slope and thought we had enough of trekking the wall. With the wind whipping my hair about, I felt a rush of triumph and a sigh of happiness.
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