01-20-2020

 

On my way home!

Beijing Capital International Airport (domestic departures terminal)

08-30-2019

In Beijing!

I figured I would take a train from Beijing to Hohhot, but most of the tickets left were hard seats, and some contacts recommended not buying a hard seat ticket for a long ride (shout out to Xin and her peeps). 

And my mom didn't like my plan of a lack of a plan, so she reached out to a friend who contacted a friend in Beijing. He picked me up from the airport and helped me book a hotel room near his apartment. He (or someone else?) also bought a plane ticket to Hohhot for me, and he is going to drop me off at the airport tomorrow morning.

So this hotel was SUPER nice...and if this looks mediocre then let me say that this is really nice for China.

The friend also invited me to dinner with him and his family. They were celebrating his sister in law's birthday, and there was a LOT of food. Also the restaurant was nice - I wouldn't say it was SUPER fancy, but it definitely was not just a normal sit down restaurant.

05-09-2016

05-08-2016

Inside the restaurant where we had our final real meal in Beijing. The portions were rather expensive for how small they were, but the food (sweet potato slices, mushrooms, skewers of bacon rolled up with stuff inside, and skewers of lamb if I remember correctly) was very good.

05-07-2016

At the Summer Palace!

05-06-2016

In the Temple of Heaven Park. I guess I should have posted a picture of the more famous and noteworthy temple, but I thought this was prettier, partly because it is impossible to take a good picture without a lot of people in it.

05-05-2016

Great Wall! In this picture, you can see that there is a person standing in the distance which normally I would mind, but since it was only one and quite far away, I think it is actually a nice touch.

05-04-2016

Outside the Forbidden City in Beijing! I also got a picture of Mao and I while we were here.