We are in Beijing and hopefully, I will be able to post a picture. The picture will show all of the luggage 48 pieces of checked luggage, that our tour guide in Beijing is trying to get into a van. We were all standing there saying this isn't going to work. They had a large delivery truck in Japan that took our luggage. Anyway, they got as much in the van as possible and then had to put the rest in the bus. It was really funny!
They said that China has changed a lot - it used to be a very dark city at night and now it looks a lot like Vegas - large skyscraper buildings and some of the buildings have the large tv screens outside. We went to the silk market and dad hates it - because you have to barger with them. You have a price in your mind as to what you will pay and when they won't go that low, then they grab your arm and pull you back in and try to negotiate. If you are too low - they will let you walk away. If they are still talking to you and pulling you in - then you know that you are in the ballpark. We are going to the forbidden palace today and the temple of heaven and visit a business. Then tonight we are going to see the acrobat show. We start every day at 5:00 a.m - and end at 9:00 p.m. - and it is exhausting.
We loved Japan - and this is a real contrast the way that people treat you. We are staying at China World - a 5 star hotel and it is amazing. The breakfast is buffet and wonderful! The rest of the food has been bad - but we found a cold-stone just out the door of the hotel last night and so we had that. Thank goodness the girls taught us about coldstone in Hawaii! Tomorrow we are going to the great wall and the pearl market and I can hardly wait! Then we will go back to the silk market to do more shopping.
Well, I'm going to try to post this and a picture and we will see how it works. I can't view the blog because China has blogged all blogs - probably because of the earthquake. They are trying to control what the rest of the country is seeing. Yesterday at the summer palace we were right in the middle of a man and women arguing about collecting recylables - she was apparently in her territory. He was about to hit her and dad, and a couple of other men in our group were trying to get between them - nonchalantly so that she wouldn't be killed! Then finally some very young men in uniforms - but no guns - came and were yelling and broke it up. It continued to go on for about 30 minutes. That was our excitement. I'll have to tell you about the Benz-Daimler Chrysler plant compared to Toyota - what a stark contrast. Love, Mom
2 comments:
The silk market sound great, it bet they have a lot of pretty colors there. Have fun at the Great Wall, Riley is so jealous! Love you!
When you get to Hong kong are you going to post some pics? I try to imagine what it looks like kind of funny.
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