Tuesday, January 15, 2013

On Trailing Beijing #11: Hutongs Going

Beijing is an amazing metropolis. Sad somewhat, in the sense that a lot of people cramped into a small tiny room considering property is skyrocketing here as well. But one gotta give credit that this area of "Hutong" (small alleyways) was converted into such beautiful commercial areas. Just like the squares of Brussels, only it's elongated here.


Yes of course, not all the houses were converted into comercial property. There are still some alleys where the houses were inaccessible to the public / tourist...


But walking down the lane on a free weekend afternoon could jolly well be what I would do. Oh wait, I already did, and spent quite some hours waiting for the rain to stop too, one day.. pondering on the joy of being happy...



The last I heard, it also serve the set for numerous movies...

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