Beijing General Tips by vickss

Favorite Thing: Its not the favourite thing but hey I was a crowd puller for once!!

Fondest Memory: You may not be the most good looking person in the world but if you like to have a portrait made for yourself you can try it in China. Its not as great as Paris but its not too bad either. I was walking past this underpass next to the Tiananmen Square and spotted 4-5 sketch artists who looked to be in need of some cash. So I just sat down with one fo them who drew a bad picture of me....actually it wasn't resembling me much.. if the Chinese police(or is it junta....) came looking after me they wouldn't have got me with that picture I GUESS...but what the heck it was fun..
While I was sitting on this small stool and all the Chinese people walking past were like.OH A FOREIGNER GETTING IT DONE.....HMMM.... and they were similing...probably never having seen an Indian before.
The guy charged me about 50 yuan..which was about 50-70% more than what it shoud have been with a lil bargaining.
Hey I was a crowd puller for once!!!

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Fondest Memory: While I was planning to move out of the underpass another artist got hold of me.. actually after seeing the bad portrait being made by his colleague he started drawing my face even without asking me while his friend was doing the CONTRACTED work.
This other guy did a relatively commendable job, in quick time and though he didn't force me to buy it since it was a decent one I thought why not buy it also.. for just 20 odd yuan.. This guy was fun too... making V sign and acting like a hip-hop rap star.
Infact after I walked out of the underpass few Chinese boys followed me and in broken english told me that I should not have paid the first guy so much...I told them to take a chill pill as I am the worst bargainer in the world and it was over anyway....I don't think they understood me but just smiled and moved off.

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