The rick shaw ride through the oldest village standing in Bei Jing. We got kind "weaseled" into this rick shaw ride a lady convinced randy that her husband could take us on a rick shaw ride to find a hostel or hotel in bei jing to stay for the night. So we followed her to behind the Forbidden palace into the village where the emperors government leaders and concubines would live. Also is the place of Bei Jing University the first university in Bei Jing. So as he gave us a brief history of the village showing us bricks that date back to almost 1600's and were Mao went to school for one year at the Bei Jing university. Our driver also tried to help us find a hotel to stay in that is cheap but because of the holiday no one had any room near the forbidden city. So after checking three places we just told him to drop us off we would find our own way. Then came the ride fee he charged us a piece 160 yuan which is like almost 25$ for like a 20 min ride WHAT A RIP OFF!
We made it to a bus and found our way to Olympic square and found a hotel so we were able to rest a bit after the long walk.
Above is the Birds Nest on a Olympic Square it was such a site to see I remember the opening ceremony there probably the best one I have ever seen. Birds Nests are a symbol of good health and prosperity for Chinese people there is a province in China that eat birds nest in there soup. When we walked around this area it was fun to see all the little kids flying there Olympic kites and there was music playing that was playing during the games in Bei Jing, also a song that just counted to ten and there was people lined up hundreds just doing stretches and exercise kind of like tai chi.
Above is the Water Cube were Michael Phelps set the world record for most Gold medals one in a single Olympic event. GO USA! I wish I could have gotten a picture of it at night it was so awesome how it looked like just a giant water cube.
I know they say do not go to Chinese zoos because they treat the animals poorly, but this was more exciting then the hogle zoo in Utah. The animals were a lot more active and they do not let you ride a speed boat down a tiny channel in the zoo and try to splash people that walk by. I like this stone statue of the tiger because tigers I think are the most beautiful big cat.
Tienanmen square was so big and really cool to just say I have been there. It was a major civil stand against the formation of the Peoples republic of China when Mao was destroying all old traditions, old architecture, and the genealogy records of the Chinese people it was such a horrible thing that he did. China is now very much like the western world but you do see some traditions have stuck around for the new generations to remember there ancestors and the hard work and sacrifice they went through to build such a strong nation.
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