This morning I packed my luggage the last time for this trip! Tonight I will leave to the airport and early in the morning I will start my return home!

I left my entire luggage at the hotel and went to the Temple of Heaven by taxi. It is a nice park area south of Tienanmen Street with different small temples and shrines. Nice area, with many Chinese exercising and dancing, but the air was so ugly. Again, I witnessed how street vendors are trying to rip off foreigners. A guy selling toys jelled ‘er shi Yuan’ (which means 20 RMB) and when I passed along he said in English ‘one-fifty Yuan’ (150 RMB), thus 7.5 times more expensive. I told him that ‘er shi Yuan’ in English is twenty Yuan, not one-fifty Yuan. He was speechless. Chinese men vs. me: 0 – 1!

I walked through the entire park and left through the west gate. Afterwards I strolled back via Tienanmen Street, Tienanmen Square, and along the Forbidden City back to the hotel.

Back at the hotel I had some time to update my today’s blog post before leaving! Enjoy the last photos of Beijing!

Entrance to Temple of Heaven park

Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven

Man exercising on music

Parkway

Temple of Heaven park

Temple of Heaven park

Temple of Heaven park

Temple of Heaven park

Temple of Heaven park

Temple of Heaven park