And again.. With a little bit more time.
Today we spent our second day in Beijing.
We got up REALLY early this morning and went to a place where some busses were supposed to the part of the Great Wall that we wanted to see. We wanted to go to the Simatai part as it is not as reconstructed and not as touristy as some other parts. Well but the problem was that there was no bus. THE book was wrong, our bible was wrong! Holy Lonely Planet.
An Australian couple (also staying at our hostel) wanted to go to the same place, same as 2 Americans who actually study in Shanghai. All of us went to the Long Distance Bus Station by metro from where some minibusses were supposed to go the Wall. On the way there some man started talking to us, and finally we agreed, he took us there for 80Yuan (~8Eurpo) (~100km) (both ways). Though we werent totally sure wether we might actually get there or not it was a nice 2hours ride with some excitment on Beijings highway and countrystreets (Ha is that a German word..).
We went up with the cable car cuz we only had like 3 hours there and the way from the cablecar station up to the wall was still pretty far and exhausting. It looked beautiful, those mountains with the big wall on it.. Really impressive. I cant believe how they made it.. The, who has not climbed the wall, is not a real man. Mao...

Though I found this picture in the Internet we did see that man there.....

Well, this is sort of what we saw!!!!

Yesterday we just walked around in Beijing. Wanted to get the visa for Vietnam but we decided to get it either in Nanning or Kunming as it would take almost 2 weeks due to some Chinese holidays. Also we probably wont go to Cambodia but to Laos instead as everyone (really everyone!) we met said that Laos is one of the most beautiful countries they've ever been to.
Tomorrow we will go to see the forbidden city, the summer palace and some more stuff you gotta see when you are in Beijing.
We are staying in a nice hostel, in a dorm with 3 others.. A Spanish, a Norwegian and another German.. The German lady is so funny, gotta say that.
Everyone here rides a bike, no matter what he needs to transport. 3 armchairs, tons of hay, anything is possible here. And people really dont pay respect towards any sort of authority, that is at least what it seems like.
Oh and yesterday 2 Chinese girls started talking to us. They were nice, wanted 'to improve their English'. They were Arts and English students. They had an exhibition that day so they asked us to come. We went with them and they showed us their pictures, they really were great. Then they wanted us to buy some (of course) but we didnt. Instead they gave us a calligraphy symbolizing luck as a present (before we said that we werent gonna buy something). They were so nice!
Last night I also met a friend who I got to know last year in Thailand. Jaume from Spain. Its cool to see him again. We are gonna go out tonight, lets see if Beijings nightlife will be good to us!!!!