{"id":4506,"date":"2017-08-13T13:26:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T20:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=4506"},"modified":"2017-08-13T13:26:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T20:26:01","slug":"walking-beijing-and-i-have-signed-up-for-a-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=4506","title":{"rendered":"Walking Beijing and I Have Signed Up For A Tour!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scams are everywhere here in Beijing, and for some reason, I look like prey.<\/p>\n

If someone hands you a piece of paper – like they’re giving you a flyer – and you take it, they’ll start following you, asking for money.<\/p>\n

Then, there’s the old, “Hey, baby, let’s go have some tea at my friend’s cafe.”<\/p>\n

Then, you’ll get a bill for 3,000 RMB because it was a private tea room.<\/p>\n

Rickshaw rides are also a hustle – there’s no meter, and the “driver” will speak English up until the time he gives you your bill for 2,000 RMB.<\/p>\n

The best thing for me to do, is go on a legitimate group tour, so I went walking around Beijing alone trying to find a tour.<\/p>\n

\"Typical
\nTypical Beijing apartments.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Hooters,
\nHooters, Beijing.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"The
\nThey are very good at recycling in Beijing.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Paddy<\/p>\n

Paddy O’Sheas<\/a> – where foreigners meet.<\/p>\n

\"Paddy
\nToasting myself!<\/em><\/p>\n

So, I tried my new pickup line on a really hot chick that walked in to the bar.<\/p>\n

“Wow, a beautiful white woman in Beijing! What a surprise! My name is Jeff, how are you?”<\/p>\n

“She looked at me, smiled, and said very politely, “I’m doing fine, so fuck off.”<\/p>\n

\"Happy
\nHappy Drink! – It has scan written all over it! No, I didn’t go in, but my inner-self said, “NO!” <\/em><\/p>\n

\"KFC
\nKFC Beijing.<\/em><\/p>\n

There’s many tours to chose from, here in Beijing.<\/p>\n

You can actually hire a private driver from the hotel who will take you all over the place for cheap.<\/p>\n

I have decided to take the “If you are an American, you need to take this before September 1, 2017 tour.”<\/p>\n

I liked the Beijing tour and bar crawl tours, but I will return for those since I have a ten year Chinese Visa; I just hope it isn’t a marketing gimmick – ACT NOW!<\/p>\n

Our tour guide held a mandatory meeting on how not to get arrested.<\/p>\n

\"Tour
\n“Arbitrary detention is a myth; just don’t break any of their laws.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Tip
\nGifts and tips for my guides.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Bring cash as your ATM and credit cards will not work. Gifts for your guides and driver will be much appreciated.”<\/p>\n

“By the way, there is no internet.”<\/p>\n

As I write this, I am six hours from leaving.<\/p>\n

I most likely will not be able to post anything more until about a week.<\/p>\n

Until then, stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scams are everywhere here in Beijing, and for some reason, I look like prey. If someone hands you a piece of paper – like they’re giving you a flyer – and you take it, they’ll start following you, asking for money. Then, there’s the old, “Hey, baby, let’s go have some tea at my friend’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4506"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4506"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4519,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4506\/revisions\/4519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}