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English Version 55
Monday 26.05.08
Beijing
I wake up at 6 and have to go to the toilet. It`s more trouble here
where the toilet is down the stairs in the courtyard. So when I`ve been
there I might as well stay up.
When I was here last time I was new to how things are done here. Now I
know that boiled water is a nescescity in Chinese hotels. So I asking
the restaurant if I can get boiled water in my mug - of course I can.
She fills it from the coffee machine so it`s real hot.
I get into a conversation with an English birdwatcher, who has been in
the earthquake area before the quake. There are a lot of crazy people
here including myself. In this way I go for The forbidden City one hour
late.
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| Arriving at the ticket office | Chinese tourists all over | The forbidden city covers a LARGE area |
It`s another surprise. I`ve been told that it`s big and never the
less I`m overwhelmed when I`ve passed through two passages before I even
come to the ticket office.
I buy a ticket for the Clocks and Watches Gallery. It`s a pity not only
one of these fine machines work. How can you have a museum of clocks not
being able to see what time it is?
I`m not reliable here it shows. When I tell it to the girl in the
souvenir department she says that one of them actually works and when
it`s exactly 11 o`clock I hear the faint sound of a bell in the next
room.
Before that I talk to a Brazilian girl, who teaches English in Hohhot in
Inner Mongolia. I get information on how to apply for a job for a year.
How do I get to talk to all these people? It`s typical others that are
alone like me. We find each other in d8ifferent ways. In this case
because I have a guide map she wants to have a look at.
I get sick while I`m in the Palace Museum and I have to find a place to
sit for a while half asleep. I get back on my feet. A star globus where
I discover the big dipper makes me feel better for a moment, but I`m
still sick. I manage to get back after a visit to the museum toilet.
Then I have to lie down. I sleep from 16 to 19 and then to 22. Then it`s
time to go to bed and I continue sleeping till 6 in the morning.
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| A dragon in the forbidden city |