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  • Day 5

    jackie!

    April 9, 2019 in China ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

    .Guardian Jackie at the door of the building next to our hotel. Aurora called out to him but he only sat stoically. Kind of like a home when she yells at him. Aside from the rampant smog Beijing was quite an interesting city.These days close to 50 million call Beijing home.The people we met were very friendly and many wanted to take pictures of, and with Aurora. The city itself was very clean and traffic was organized chaos. To get a car registered in Beijing you have to go in a lottery. 2 million people per month go in a lottery for 20000 available car purchase spots. Our tour guide Yao has been in the lottery since 2011 waiting to win the chance to buy a car! Hopefully one day we have a chance to come back to see a little more.Read more