There and back again, an archer's tale by Robin Eriksson.

All the previous days are below.

Day 6 and 7. Children for free.

On our last day in Beijing we went for a guided tour to the Forbidden City, The Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace. This was China for me, beautiful architecture, and fantasy animals for decorations. After the tour the guide took us to a silk factory and after that to a hospital that offered free foot massage and palm reading and then they tried to sell some herb medicines for all the illnesses we had and there were no western medicines that could cure us...

On the way back to the hotel the guide wanted to take us to a tee house but we were fed up with all the commercials.In the evening we went for a last shopping trip and we ended up in the cafe/bar we went to last night and Gert got his Leffe Blonde. We also took one last meal in a restaurant across the street. We found Turtle soup, duck heads, duck tongue and other weird things. In the street outside a women tried to give us her child...

We left China Sunday around ten in the morning and it was great to go home! Not the best trip but absolutely an experience...