Arrived in Beijing。 I had a great day. It was raining, Beijing is polluted and I spent a bit of time in Taxis, but overall, a wonderful day.
I visited the Nokia office, which is situated in a middle of nowhere. Many familiar companies around that area; LG, ABB, BMW, Dole, Perlos, etc.. but very few having their headquarters there. I must admit, Nokia has very nice facilities here, but they are so darn far.
I had a very nice lunch with An Jun and Oliver from China legal. They took me to a Sichuan restaurant and tought me what to order in Chengdu.An Jun also gave me many good tips where to go and what to visit. Much appreciated!
After lunch I tested the Nokia facilities. I was able to beg a massage in a massage center (normally fully booked, and I actually came late for my first appointment :-( ). I felt like a totally new person after 15 minutes massage and 20 minutes fysio chair. (what a backpacking trip..)
Then I rushed to Ya'show. Visited the tailor and a framemaker - all orders made before the trip, hopefully ready to be picked up when I return to Beijing.
In the evening I had a dinner with Jing Liang. She used to work as an assistant for NEBU in China. She had kindly bought me a ticket for my train to Chengdu. We spent the evening yapping and eating Chinese yummy food.
Backpacker breed is one of the kind, I arrived in the youth hostel and immediatelly a nice English girl offers that I could join her and her gang for dinner.. nice.
(midnight, better get some sleep..)
