Day Six

Today was a little bit more eventful than yesterday. Luting came over and picked me up around 2pm. We then went to the Silk Market. The Silk Market is an infamous flea market in Beijing known for its wide and large variety of dirt cheap knock off products (just to name a few: polo shirts, burberry ties, and countless fake watches). The market used to be on an alley but because of its high demand it is now a 4 story building with escalators and elevators. We walked around the market for a couple hours and didn't buy anything.

After we left the market we went to Starbucks and then went to street known as the "Snack St." The Snack St. is known for its exotic snacks. The most exotic to me were the "scorpion on a stick" and the " deep fried starfish." Again, these were only the tip of the iceberg.

Fortunately I still had an appetite after visiting the Snack St. so we went to Pizza Hut for dinner. After dinner we just walked around central Beijing until I jumped into a taxi to come back to my hostel. I think I'm going to lay low tomorrow and probably just read one of my books and skim through my tour guide book a little more. night!