CHINESE WEATHER FORECAST: SUNNY TODAY - RAIN TO -"MAO!"
FRIDAY - Beijing, CHINA BABY! Sooooo, you can take us out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of us! For all our traveling on the 2008 Riding4Beer World Tour we're still the same low class petty criminals that you all know and love (we know the "love" part is when we pay for it). Anyway, today was our first full day in Beijing so we decided to see the truly important Chinese cultural sites that everyone comes here to photograph. Let's see, Tiananmenn Square? Nope! The Great Wall? Boring! Mao's tomb? You gotta be kidding! Folks, we're talking Hooters & Harley!
OH YEAH! After riding the subway for over an hour from our hostel (the "Leo" - just $15 a night!), and then walking for miles past "Worker's Stadium" and other assorted tributes to Communism, we found the Beijing Hooters - NOT KIDDING! We settled in for some Kung Pao Hot Wings and a couple of ice cold Budweisers. Stacy told them it was Kevin's birthday so we also got free curly fries (made from sweet potatoes). None of the Hooter girls spoke English, but our body language was enough to communicate what we wanted (you know what we wanted and they knew too!). The whole experience was GREAT and Kevin liked it too!
Next we caught a taxi, and with directions written in Chinese by our hostel desk attendant, we paid 2 bucks for a half an hour ride to Beijing Harley Davidson. We had the cab driver wait for us while we went inside to stock up on t-shirts and other symbols of Chinese culture. Oh yeah, and the oil there was really cheap so we got a case of 30 weight - but it's gonna be a bitch dragging all around the world for the next several months Maybe we'll just ship it home Fed-ex. We're GREAT shoppers! Folks, it's Friday night in Beijing and after all of our exposure to Chinese culture today we're VERY thirsty. We know where they sell 650ml (that's the size of two U.S. beers) Budweisers for just a buck and it's about time we enjoyed something truly American...
4 PICTURES AND A VIDEO - VIDEO IS BACK AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT!
You just gotta love true Chinese culture! Kung Pao Hot Wings, Baby! They're not like in Pasadena!
Kevin having a "six-some" with the Hooter girls! It's all about Riding4beer folks!
JUST CLICK ON THE ARROW AND LET IT DO IT'S THING!
OH YEAH! After riding the subway for over an hour from our hostel (the "Leo" - just $15 a night!), and then walking for miles past "Worker's Stadium" and other assorted tributes to Communism, we found the Beijing Hooters - NOT KIDDING! We settled in for some Kung Pao Hot Wings and a couple of ice cold Budweisers. Stacy told them it was Kevin's birthday so we also got free curly fries (made from sweet potatoes). None of the Hooter girls spoke English, but our body language was enough to communicate what we wanted (you know what we wanted and they knew too!). The whole experience was GREAT and Kevin liked it too!
Next we caught a taxi, and with directions written in Chinese by our hostel desk attendant, we paid 2 bucks for a half an hour ride to Beijing Harley Davidson. We had the cab driver wait for us while we went inside to stock up on t-shirts and other symbols of Chinese culture. Oh yeah, and the oil there was really cheap so we got a case of 30 weight - but it's gonna be a bitch dragging all around the world for the next several months Maybe we'll just ship it home Fed-ex. We're GREAT shoppers! Folks, it's Friday night in Beijing and after all of our exposure to Chinese culture today we're VERY thirsty. We know where they sell 650ml (that's the size of two U.S. beers) Budweisers for just a buck and it's about time we enjoyed something truly American...
4 PICTURES AND A VIDEO - VIDEO IS BACK AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT!
You just gotta love true Chinese culture! Kung Pao Hot Wings, Baby! They're not like in Pasadena!
Kevin having a "six-some" with the Hooter girls! It's all about Riding4beer folks!
JUST CLICK ON THE ARROW AND LET IT DO IT'S THING!
Talk about "ugly Americans," why didn't you just stay home? You go right by Mao's tomb to find a Harley shop and a Hooters! Sounds like "Foxworthy" crap to me. God forbid you will put a Budweiser bumper sticker on a Yak in Mongolia.
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Now we have seen it all! You guys are off the chart. It is amazeing that you span all the corners of the globe for entertainment. You silly bastards deserve some recognition - we think you deserve a medal. Have fun, and remember, we cannot help but love you two.
guy and cary.
P.S. We have a Hooters and a Harley shop here in Wisconsin too!
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You guys are out of control!! Enjoy every moment of your adventure! After watching the video I think Stacy should have shown the Hooter girls what a real American looks like!
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Hi Guys...Remember the NC State fan at the Xi'an train station? Thought we'd see you on that train to Beijing...guess our parties didn't mix, (us on car 11 and you on 2)....besides, 1 chinese beer and all the days walking hit me hard...got to get in better shape. (couldn't have been the beer!). Headed home tomorrow, our time with the Chairman is over....party on, dudes...I'll drink a Bud for the people.
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Man, nothing says "Traditional, unspoiled China" like Hooters and Harley!
We've all been discussing things here at The Roadhouse and have finally come to the conclusion that you two aren't really in China at all. We think you're actually in San Francisco's Chinatown. Eleanor's pretty sure she saw Coit Tower in one of the videos. You guys.....
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