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So another warm day in Beijing...not. The pollution cloud finally lifted today but we will start from the beginning. So we got re routed to shanghai and then the next day got our flight to the capital. Once we left Beijing airport we started our journey to our hotel. When we got dropped off from the shuttle bus we were both overwhelmed with both the size and the crazy traffic; let's just say pedestrians don't have the right off way. After waking up we started our day by getting lost. We met a girl named Lucy who went way above showing us were to go: she paid our subway, took us to the forbidden city and showed us the way around the metro, and she wasn't from Beijing either. We saw it, saw tieninmin as well as the lama temple and seen a 4 story buddy which was amazing. We were still jet legged and past out at 7 and woke up at 4 am lol. Today we saw the drum and bell tower, the Olympic park, went shopping at the silk road; got to use some amazing bargaining tools. The market was amazing with really great deals! Went to the down town business area and it feels like any other large city. Our hostel is in a hutong, a neighborhood will small little streets and alleys that make a community: it's really cool and different. Got lost again but found our way back. Tomorrow we are going to the great wall and Ming tombs, should be fun. Any ways take care and talk soon! Love T & M
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