copies of famous brands in Beijing. Up until now we were wondering
where all the tourists are in the city. Here! There are bus loads of
them... Clothes, bags, perls and jades filling up seven enormous
floors. The vendors are standing in narrow alleys grabbing your arm as
you pass by: 'one more jacket? a bag? need shirt?'. If you happen to
stop or even look at something, expect to be overwhelmed by offers
shouted at you from all angles. When you buy, you have to bargain
hard. Prices are negociated on a calculator (common denominator): you
type the price you want to pay and you may hear them say 'joke?' if
they think it is too low. You continue like this for a couple of
times, the vendor becomes emotional. Then the best thing to do is to
walk away; you can expect a huge drop in price in your first two
meters; you come back and make the deal (and realize how much margin
they thought to make on you ;-) ). After a 3h long walk in the
forbidden city, we stretch oursleves 3 more hours in this market.
Tonight we feel so tired we decided to postpone the Great Wall tour to
friday. JC and Marie
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