Beijing - day 5

On Saturday (16 September) it was finally time for me to suck it up and get a haircut from the neighborhood barber. It started out a little scary and I think it was the first time the guy had cut hair! It improved when the main stylist came in and took over but the damage was already done. In the end it came out a little shorter than I would have liked, but for only $2.50 I guess I can't complain... After doing some laundry and spending a while on the internet it was 2:30 in the afternoon before I got away from my little neighborhood. I went to the Temple of Heaven park which was nice but basically just another overly crowded park that you have to pay to get into and can't even sit or walk on the grass. It takes so long to walk any where in this city. It was a 45 minute walk each way from my hostel and on the map it looks damn close! Then I went back to the hostel and later on ran into Sui from my Gobi trip. She had been in Beijing when I first arrived but left for another city for a few days. She had just arrived back. We walked around the streets near our hostel and entertained the idea of going to the restaurant that apparently has the best Peking Duck in Beijing (got so far as putting on name on the waiting list). But after looking at the prices we opted to eat with the locals at a less expensive restaurant.