China 2006 - Mutianyu, Summer Palace, KongYiJi Restaurant

6 RMB p.p. for bus to Huairou on the way to the Great Wall at Mutianyu, with my feet sticking out into aisle. The taxi driver honks away pedestrians who got dropped off earlier from their buses on the way to the parking lot right next to the Mutianyu Great Wall... like VIPs. It's a local taxi, meaning private, but as there are no official ones in smaller cities, it's no scam. We visit a faraway section of the Wall, with much fewer people than at Badaling ten years ago. Chinese gondola ride uphill to the Wall itself, German Sommerrodelbahn down.

Observation: Chinese spit even while talking at the mobile phone.

Almost got locked in at the dark SummerPalace at night.

Taxi to Chinese restaurant Kong3Yi3Ji3 with traditional top-down menu, story of fraudulent book-borrowing ancient scholar, and traditional courtyard layout&lighting. Some tea-cooked shrimp, crabs, and good tea.
Tripped somebody at the washroom sink over my feet.