Beijing – TOKIDOKI (NOMAD)

Construction Worker

Great hostel, under construction on the outside only. So far, the best hostel I’ve been to. Great staff, can arrange anything you want.

Courtyard Area of Leo Hostel

Making youtiao, deep-fried dough stick. Tasteless, bordering on terrible-tasting, if that’s possible. Powdered sugar would have been a wonderful addition…

The Great Wall at Mutianyu. Magnificent. Badaling is the tourist trap, this is the new, best place to see it without too many hawkers and vendors.

He who has not climbed the Great Wall is not a true man. – Mao Zedong

‘The strength of a wall depends on the courage of those who defend it.’ – Genghis Khan
Sentries could be bribed, so…Matianyu is renowned for its Ming Dynasty guard towers.

It Seems to Go On Forever

From the Dave Ball School of Self-Photography. He’s the expert. I never do this. But I couldn’t resist. It’s The Great Wall! And I refused all of the people around me who offered to take a pic of me with my camera, haha!