All my experience in Beijing have been during a long weekend that ends yesterday, but until now I have to say Beijing is extraordinarily crowded. At some moments, I feel the overpopulation problem, not really in the subway because there are a lot of wagons and very frequent, but outside is different, thousands and thousands for folks.

Yesterday the blue sky was gone, but nothing worsts that Shanghai. But, due to yesterday was a holiday my options were limited.

So I decided to check if Tian’anmen was open and it was, and I decided to visit the Tower.

Something weird for me was that the security was quite more strict at Tian’anmen compared with the Forbidden City looks like the Tian’anmen represent the current government, and the Forbidden City is just a tourist trap.

After finish my sightseeing, I just took a walk outside the palace around the canal that surrounds the palace.

To return to Tian’anmen square, I have to retake a long and crowded queue to past the security control. All famous places around the plaza were closed due the holiday, but still were a lot of people like me taking photos of the places.

Behind the Mao mausoleum, I found the Zhengyangmen an ancient gate of Beijing and was open, so I visited it to finish my tour.

I will return to the rest of the places, but yesterday I found a shortcut with fewer people we will see tomorrow.

Walking

	Distance (steps)
Beijing (today)	14824
Previously	652.265
Total	667.089