The Rest of Beijing

We woke up 2 hours late again. But not matter, we sprang up to start our day! We started by visiting the Military Museum, which was pretty sweet. We got to get on life-sized tanks and hug big statues of Mr. Mao and other despots. 

Afterward, we went to the bus to take us to the Great Wall. I had a short conversation (in chinese) with the bus driver about how much she loves tall people and why I should play basketball in China. I'm thinking about dropping out of school to join the Chinese NBA. I could be America's response to Yao Ming. I am from Houston after all. 

Anyway, we got to the wall without a problem. We came, we saw, and we left. There were so many people on the wall it was hard to get around. We got to see about one kilometer of it, and it is 5000 km long. I can't imagine how they built all of that. But, after you've seen one km of it, you've seen all 5000, so we were contented pretty quickly and we left to do the next thing.

We went to see Financial Street, which is supposed to be the largest financial market in all of mainland china, but the buildings were not that impressive. Hong Kong and Shanghai appear to be much more developed. 

Then, we left to see the National Acrobatic Troupe perform at the Tian Di Theater. It was quite a spectacle, and some good inspiration for tricking. We left the theater and went to see the new CCTV tower, which has a very interesting design. The building has two legs that come out of the ground at a slant, which are connected by a jagged crosspiece, leaving a giant hole in the middle. It was still under construction , but it still looked vicious. 

Now we will sleep and get some rest. Pictures are on the way...