IvisitBeijingwithafriendfromEngland.Belowiswhathethink.IthinkthisisagoodthingtolistenwhataforeignermaythinkofBeijing.
YonghegongLamaTemple--ThisisoneofthefewoperabletemplesinChina.ItissmallerthantheForbiddenCityandTempleofHeaven，butisworthexamining.Thereare60monksoftheTibetanLamaorderresidinginandmaintainingthetemple.AcrossthestreetfromtheTempleareafewBuddhistshops.However，abitfurtherdownthelittlealleyontheleftisanartistshopwithintriguingsculpture.YonghegongisnorthofCiaoCiaoGelatosoIrecommendafewscoopsafterenjoyingthisplace.
GreatWall(“ChangCheng”)--Unfortunately，oneneedstodriveallthewaytoSimataiorJinshanling(3-4hours)togetawayfromthecrowdsattheGreatWall.However，mostpeoplechoosebetweenBadalingorMutianyu.IrecommendMutianyusincetherearestillpartswhereonecantrekoffthebeatenpath.ThereisacablecaratMutianyuforthosethatcannotbravethehalfhourstepclimbtogettothewall(nevermindtheclimbingthatwillbeincurredonceatopthewall).Whenyougetonthewall，goright...thisleadstothefunpartsoffthebeatenpath(thisisbeyondtherestaurantonepassesalongtheway).BadalingisacloserdrivetotheWallthanMutianyu，especiallywiththenewBadalingexpresswayopened.However，Badalingisswarmingwithtouristsandcheeziness.Iguessifyouhavemajortimeconstraints，doBadaling，but，ifpossible，doMutianyuinstead.
