Hohai

The weather is turning better and we've had some mild days here. Very pleasant actually. The cherry blossems or starting. Was out to the Great Hall of the People for the National Peoples Congress last week. It's the yearly meeting of the government and is an "open forum". Ah ya, sure it is. We returned later in week for Kim Yong-Il, not to be confused with Kim Jong-Il. Jong is the Supreme Leader of North Korea (think Stephen Harper), Yong is the Premier of North Korea (think Danny Williams).

Enought about that. What I want to say was that it's nice to get out and see some of Beijing. Hohai is an old area that has not been plowed into the ground for the sake of building a shopping mall. It has lots of old hutongs (back streets) with little shops, bars and tea houses. It is on both sides of a lake and other than a bit of a breeze today was a great little walk. I think it will be a great spot for taking visitors to enjoy a little coffee or a beer and sit and people watch.

Here are a few photos off the old camera phone. Enjoy