Beijing, July 5, 1999

19:00

It was a good day: Bikui came earlier than I expected and got a little bit worried not having found me in the room. I went to get some breakfast not expecting him to be so diligent as to arrive half hour before the agreed time. Anyway, he helped me with organizing tones of things. First of all, he found out that there is a bus that leaves from in front of my hotel that goes to the Great Wall. He even made sure that I will be especially taken care of, whatever that might mean. He also went with me to the Forbidden City. Finally, I managed to talk him into going to a restaurant with me. The thing is that I wouldn't know how to order anything in a restaurant so thanks to him I finalley had a decent meal. He also wrote down names of some popular dishes for me so that tomorrow I can get some food wherever my bus decides to stop.