Being in any city, it’s often easy to forget just how close nature is to us. So, Saturday I went on a outside-of-Beijing hike with about 20 expats and local Beijingers. We took a bus about 1.5 hours outside of the city, and it was amazing. There was no smog. No buses. No bicycles.
Out there, I felt completely untouched by American life (well, except for every time I saw the one hiker’s McDonald’s backpack that said “i’m lovin it”) and even Chinese life too. I know that feeling won’t last long, though. Our hike ended in a farm town, and on the outskirts of it, they were building a fancy-schmancy hotel. Well, maybe I can come back and stay there when it’s finished. It did look pretty cool.
