RecordingBeijing.com » tourist guide http://www.recordingbeijing.com Capturing Life in Beijing Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:09:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc He’s Just a Tourist Guide http://www.recordingbeijing.com/hes-just-a-tourist-guide/ http://www.recordingbeijing.com/hes-just-a-tourist-guide/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 06:14:00 +0000 huibo http://www.recordingbeijing.com/?p=890 qianmenQianmen is one of the nearest old city gates of Beijing to Tiananmen Square. Lots of tourists here on a daily basis.

dsc04902He’s a self-employed tourist guide. He’s had no proper training, no official certificates of any kind.

dsc04903He spoke randomly to tourists and tried very hard to find someone to hire him as a guide.

dsc04909He spent 10 minutes telling him the story behind the gate as a test drive. The badge on his chest was probably self-made.

dsc04910The man finally walked away, not interested, not impressed, or simply didn’t want to spend money on some stories.

dsc04911He was still smiling but a slice of disappointment can be found on his face.

dsc04912He started to look around again,

dsc04913trying to find someone that can appreciate his stories and buy him dinner.

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