
After the night out in Wu Club my Monday morning began the
way my Sundays usually do, with a strong hangover. Some berocca and too much
water later I decided to join my room-mate on the way to the summer palace, a
beautiful area of Beijing which many had planned a day out to, 3 of us went and
without realising went to the old summer palace which was a great park on its
own but not the right one so after a few conversations with taxis drivers and
messing around with a translation app we made it to the more recent Summer
Palace which was just as beautiful and expansive as we’d been told, it was
another clear which allowed for some amazing panoramic shots of the skyline and
the surrounding area, there is a small canal area at the end of the summer
palace where we walked around and relaxed for the end of the day, really an
amazing spot.
Much of Tuesday evening was spent preparing for the social
development presentation on migrant workers the next day, our group decided to
focus on the migrant children as we thought as a group they were most
disadvantaged by the government’s policies and attitudes towards migrant
workers. We gave the presentation on Wednesday and sat through 9 other presentations
which surprised me at just how diverse and well researched their topics were
considering we had all been given the same information. After the classes we
attended the acrobatics show which was impressive from start to finish, with
the tightrope walker and acrobatic being a stand out for me, I was surprised how
well put together and high budget the show was especially in regards to the
music and special effects. Wednesday night was spent continuing the group’s
love affair with the Wu night club, free drinks are hard to resist.

Yesterday was Great wall day, something nearly everyone was
looking forward to, the sight of it doesn't disappoint it’s almost unbelievable
when you get to a high point and just see it winding away into the distance
knowing it’s only a fraction of the length. The walk up was tiring to say the
least and the steepness took everyone by surprise, it wasn't a walk as much as
it was a punishing climb but again definitely worth the view even if was quite
smoggy.
After the great wall we celebrated a friend Dalias birthday at a nearby restaurant and then got ready for another night out this time to propaganda, it was one of the best nights out to date with the majority of the program meeting up at the same place and pretty much taking over the club. A small group at the end of the night decided it would be a great idea to go to the Tiananmen flag raising after leaving the club at half 5, on a freezing morning whilst still intoxicated so of course I had to go along and being both an idiot and a great friend decided to lend my coat to a friend Eamon before getting in the taxi. Unsure of what I expected to see at a flag raising I was completely underwhelmed by the raising of the flag whilst some nationalistic music played in the background, thankfully I found the person who had my coat and had it returned quite reluctantly before managing to get into a taxi with no problem (a first from my experience in Beijing).
After the great wall we celebrated a friend Dalias birthday at a nearby restaurant and then got ready for another night out this time to propaganda, it was one of the best nights out to date with the majority of the program meeting up at the same place and pretty much taking over the club. A small group at the end of the night decided it would be a great idea to go to the Tiananmen flag raising after leaving the club at half 5, on a freezing morning whilst still intoxicated so of course I had to go along and being both an idiot and a great friend decided to lend my coat to a friend Eamon before getting in the taxi. Unsure of what I expected to see at a flag raising I was completely underwhelmed by the raising of the flag whilst some nationalistic music played in the background, thankfully I found the person who had my coat and had it returned quite reluctantly before managing to get into a taxi with no problem (a first from my experience in Beijing).
Now having written yesterday’s portion of this after a mere
4 hours sleep the only thing to do is to visit the Zoo, last update next week
then back home.
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