Beijing

Lots of gray. The sky was gray, the floor was gray, the buildings were gray. It was mysty and you couldnt see very far, only a few lamps could shine through the myst.There was a large number of goverment (I dont know if they were police or army) in big thick furry trench coats walking through the streets, mostly in pairs but a couple of timesthere were groups of about 16 walking in two parallel lines. Once again It felt like being in a WW2 film. It was really cool though. The myst, gray surfaces, soldiers, and a handfull of Red dim glowinglights gave a great effect. Around my hostel Many of the buildings were modern but in a traditional style as this was a big shopping area for general stuff.
The next day I wandered about and whent to the Theneman square (wrong spelling, and probably totaly the wrong name) where the Chairman Mao portrait hangs.