10.26.2011

Beijing/Tianjin/HK: Day 6

I kinda forgot that I was staying in Beijing for 6 days instead of 5, so I already seen what I came to see, and spent what I thought was a 5-day holiday. So, I spent most of my time in the hostel... occasionally walking around my neighborhood. But I couldn't bide my time in the hostel for long, so I went back to the Tiananmen area to visit the National Centre of Performing Arts.

Chiling-Lin is BIIIGGG in China, starring in every other movie and appearing in every other ad.


It's all very elitist though, at least that's what I felt. The theatre is opened till 4pm for tourists to explore (for a price, of course), then after that, it's out of bounds unless you're ticketed to watch a show... which when I looked at what was up, was like nothing!

I hung out a bit, then proceeded back to the hostel area for a relatively good dinner. I also wanted to go back "early" to take a long bath, and also to sleep... I had to leave at 5am tomorrow, for a 10 hour journey, so I really didn't want to tire myself out.