It's the weekend!

没想到 (Unexpectedly), I survived our 3:30 am trek up the Great Wall to
watch the sun rise. Few famous sites have lived up to the hype but the
Great Wall more than exceeded my expectations. It was definitely a
physical challenge. I have a newfound respect for my expat friend here
who's run the Great Wall marathon three times!! I can't believe it was
built by humans that long ago (with many of their bodies buried inside
the wall...) This is the old China that I'm interested in. It's 5:30 am
here right now...yeah I have a weird sleep schedule... At 10 we're
meeting up with some friends from PIB to head to the Silk Market for
some haggling. I better look up how to decide whether pearls are
authentic or not... 对不起我得走了！