Day Two: after recovering from a fever and a sleepless night, Rebecca offered to show us a cool temple she found out about. Before going, Miguel and I attempted to get to the Forbidden City to no avail since all the roads were closed to the national monuments due to a meeting with foreign leaders. So we settled for the Lao She Tea House near our hostel, then met up with Rebecca and her German friend Marcel, and saw the Yong He Gong Temple. Afterwards, we had the famous Peking Duck for dinner. It was a great duck and great day.
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lao she tea house
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the bouncer of the tea house
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note his strides
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an interesting mural
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stairway lanterns
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a picture of me with pictures
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advertisement for minty lip ice
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I found a lindsay lookalike in Beijing
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rebecca was going to kill this guy -- he took us to the subway for what was going to be 30 kuai for all of us but it ended up being 45
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yong he gong temple -- not crowded at all
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in chinese, one says recycle and the other non-recycle
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german friends marcel and rebecca
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miguel and me
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awesome statues everywhere
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one was ready for battle, one was ready to rock
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largest buddha carved out of a single sandalwood tree -- over 40 feet high
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homey store
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...a pokemon
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this guy knows how to make ducks
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before we ate at duck master's, we ate at the lord of salt since our reservation was longer than an hour
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the famous peking duck
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they cut up the duck and presented it to us
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desert was fruit served over an abyss
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duck statues everywhere in the duck restaurant