Day 12: 天坛

Today, we went to 天坛. Derek tried to get the student discount on his ticket but got rejected. He called the service hotline to complain about the situation but got nowhere. Eventually, he had to pay the full admission price. There wasn't too much to see, only like 4 note worthy building. One of the them was the echo wall. We tried to see if it actually works, but I think there were too many people to hear anything.

After 天坛, we looked around in 红桥, which was essentially a huge black market, full of fake name brand products. We could buy Rolex watches for around 40 yuan... sketchy right?

Later, I hung out with my mom's friends again. We went to 后海 for dinner, and as we were walking around after dinner, I realized that this area was full of bars. The night life here was hustling and bustling, pretty cool. Nothing else too exciting happened. We celebrated DLo's birthday a week in advance for some reason, and I missed KTVing with the group :(