Day 7 - Mon Aug 11

MON AUG 11 (Day 7)

Sleeping in for the 3rd straight day, something I shouldn't do but the rest is always nice. Got up again around 10 and then had some bakery stuff and yogurt for breaky. After that I went upstairs and used the internet for about 1.5hrs or so. Then I planned out my day and where I was gonna go. After that was all done it was almost 3pm. But then I had to run an errand for my friend so by the time I left the place it was 4pm. This would be a good place to note that I literally have no voice at all. I can only whisper, if I try and produce a sound it won't generate. So with my minimal language as it is, now I have no vocal language. (I'm healthy though, not sick just to note) I wanted to go to look at/take pictures of the Beijing Golf Club. However there was no public access to it (ie - no subway, bus). However I did not know that so I went to the closest station and then they told me that a bus went by it. But the bus I went on went in the opposite direction for like 20min to somewhere in north Beijing. So I switched back onto the same bus # and went back towards my original destination. However this one took a different route which by-passed the bus stop by the subway and briefly passed by the golf course which ended up to be an enclosed secured property with a massive gate. So now I just kept on riding the bus hoping to find a subway sign and get off. About 20min later the bus ended up at the Olympic Green where I had been early last week. I got off becuase I "knew the area" however soon after I recalled that I had taken a taxi home because there was no subway station nearby. So then I just started walking and talking some pictures along my route. After walking for like 30min I was getting tired. I wanted to take a taxi so bad but I couldn't speak to them and I had no map to point where I wanted to go. I ended up finding a sign showing a subway stop. So I hopped on another bus which took me to the subway. At about 7pm I arrived at the Agricultural Exhibition Centre near Chaoyang park - 2.5hrs behing schedule. Then I proceeded to walk in the wrong direction for another 15min and had to backtrack. Finally my friend called me and met up with me there just after 730 and I hadn't even began where I had planned to go. Then we walked around for 20 more min before finally saying screw it and we took a taxi home. I was famished as my idea of getting lunch while I was out didn't turn out to be because there was no food places on the buses (where I spent 1/2 my afternoon) or around the Olympic Green (where I spent the other 1/2 of my afternoon). I was starved and had about 15 lamb/beef skweres as well as a massive plate of "fried rice" along with like 5 glasses of iced tea. There was also a classic moment...inside joke though lol. But yeah got home around 930 and changed and back on the computer. Gonna sleep early tonight, BUSY next 3 days!