My flight to Beijing was smooth and the on flight movie was even better. I am now a
huge fan of Toy Story 3 haha. I was worried I would not find my luggage as I missed
my flight last night. Luckily I did and now it was time to find my tour guy.
I was expecting to see a big colorful sign with my name over it but I could not find it. Using my moderate Mandarin, I was able to purchase a phone card to call him.
Everything was also in English so that made it easy. In seconds, I saw my name from
afar and breathed a sigh of relief. After a chaotic night, I was finally back on track.
My tour guy had someone else pick me up but he was not the driver. We stood
around for an hour, as the driver was nowhere to be found. Right before we were
leaving, my tour guy told me over the phone to give the guy who picked me up and
the driver $50 for their services. I was like, sure no problem that is $6USD. It turns out he wanted $50USD, which is about $400RMB. Oh hell no, I just landed and I am getting ripped off already. He said, if I do not pay, the driver will not come. FML…
After a 40-minute drive, I finally meet my tour guy, Forest. I ran up to him and
punched him in the face, or at least I wanted to. He turned out to be a funny guy and
he named himself after Forest Gump haha. I was the last of 30 people on my tour all
from different walks of like, from VanCity to NYC to SF.
We went to the Forbidden City and it was amazing to say the least. This is my second
time to Beijing and I do not remember it being this beautiful. The amount of land it covers would take me days to check out everything. The only thing that sucks when traveling alone, is no one taking pictures for you .
As night falls, we went to see an acrobatic show that took my breath away. It
was definitely top three acrobatic shows that I have seen. I am always on the edge of my seat and this one takes the cake. I was able to sneak in a couple pictures before my camera ran out of batteries too.
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