NK 16. You want sexy girl?

Sunday, 23 April 2017

Beijing, China

Leisurely day trip to the Great Wall of China at Mutianyu. When I worked here in 1996, managed to grab a day trip to the wall at Badaling. Back then hired a car and driver for the day for about 2p. Substantially more now. Capitalist lot. Back then the car was a clapped out banger that barely made it there and back. Now it’s a modern taxi. With seatbelts. And air-conditioning and radio. Back then driver stopped off at a grotty unhygienic shack for his lunch whilst I ate a cheese sandwich from the breakfast buffet and a Snickers. Now I eat a cheese sandwich from the breakfast buffet and a Snickers. The more life changes. The more it stays the same. Back then the driver spoke no English and there were no mobile phones. Now the driver speaks a little English and has two smartphones. He’s communicating with his mate by recording WhatsApp voice messages. Wish he’d concentrate on driving. Back then it was bitterly cold, proper sub zero temperatures of around minus 10C. Now it’s a beautiful Spring day, blue sky and warm.

Chairlift up to the Great Wall section at Tower 6 for a walk to Tower 7 and back again and then descend by a metal toboggan run. The Great Wall has become a theme park.

Great Wall snakes along the mountainous terrain with watch towers every few hundred metres. Wall is very steep in places and about 10ft wide. Built over a number of centuries by various dynasties but the most well known sections were generally built around the 15^th and 16^th centuries. It’s about 13,000 miles long.

Fly back tomorrow on Lufthansa into Frankfurt and then back home. I’ll be sipping champagne, eating caviar and enjoying a fillet steak with a nice glass or two of red. This time tomorrow. In my First Class Suite. Oh yes. Looing forward to that.

Final night in the hotel.

Having had dinner, walk back to the lift to go to my room. As I walk across the lobby see a beautiful young Chinese girl talking on her phone.

She waves to me as though she recognises me. Can only assume it’s a member of the hotel reception team I’ve met at check in. Or some such thing.

Smile back not sure who she is.

She follows me into the lift.

I’m suspicious.

Let her choose her floor first and she goes to a public accessible floor. Bedroom floors requiring a key card.

Lift doors shut.

There’s just me and her.

She turns to me and says:

“You want sex massage…I call girl for you?” As she waves her mobile at me.

ER NO!

And with that she gets out at next floor saying:

“You’re a very big boy!”

Good night, dear reader, there endeth the North Korea blog. I hope it’s kept you mildly entertained and given you something else to read about other than coronavirus.