In April we went to the Great Wall at Mutianyu, in May we went to Fragrant Hills and in June we went to Longqing Gorge. Our goal is to get out of town every weekend but we haven't managed that yet. One weekend we told our driver we wanted to get out of Beijing and he drove us to this ranch with horseback riding, go-carts, carnival games and ONLY Chinese. We had to explain to Hubo that when we say “OUT” of Beijing, we sometimes mean “AWAY” from people. Getting away from people in China is difficult but a few less than usual feels good.
Now if the darn pollution would improve, we'd be happy to explore Beijing as there are so many things to see in the city. Unfortunately we feel the need to escape the air quality by going out of Beijing.
