so it's our second day in beijing, and i'm feeling the exhaustion. 7am wake ups are the devil.
arrive in at about 7am then headed for the hostel (which rules), hired some bikes for 10 yuan/AUD2.50 and rode around. got lost, found our way back then went and saw dj shadow at a club called angel.
pretty hectic first night, followed by a 7am wake up to get ready to walk to the great wall.
2 hour bus ride later, we met up with a little tour guide we liked to call 'sherpa shepherd/smeagol', who never EVER got tired. we climbed up the mountain and along the bit of the wall that was totally deserted, no tourists to be seen, no reconstruction of the wall at all. it was amazing.
++++++ i saw snow for the very first time ever! woop woop woop.
then we went to a shaolin kung fu performance, very tourist-directed but a great show nonethless.
boxhead decided to get drunk afterwards but i went and got some well-deserved sleep.
now i'm just waiting for him so we can get on a bus for an hour and a half and visit the summer palace.

action packed!

photo of my new haircut {i'll put a better one up later}