Day 91: (12 August 2011):
- Wake up. Write. Organise / pack. Hotel across from restaurant we ate at last time in Beijing. Prepare.
- Wake up relatively late so decide skip breakfast.
- Lunch at dumpling place. Beer. Dumplings & Beijing foods. Everyone, especially uncle, rude to waiter.
- Show me bus, shopping centre, then he leave. Work at 1pm.
- Bus to tour company early. Long.
- Explore market & run around looking for drawstring sack.
- See Canon store by station, but they say can’t fix lens scratch.
- Tour briefing. Surprising many people. Mainly about how to act in DPRK.
- Buy overpriced bag after give up on draw chord bag. 90->80RMB. Realise other store ask 50 for similar. Note: Jasmine told me they give lower prices to real foreigners, or let them know you are foreign, as they knew Chinese are afraid of losing face & don’t negotiate as hard.
- As with moto taxi driver last time in China, they pretend think I am Chinese & still give foreign prices (?). I’m on to them now.
- Bus back & meet uncle in hotel room.
- Buy umbrella & SD card at local market. SD card a bit slow: real?
- Rush back to meet cousin. Eat at restaurant with lamb. I pay, they biased against taking card.
- Back to hotel & talk a bit. Give stuff (gifts & storage). Set alarm & sleep.
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