Things that remind me of Beijing

• Hocking up gobs of spit and spitting onto the pavement
• Face masks
• Buick cars, Hyundai Elantra taxis
• Smog/pollution
• Pressure to buy
• Busy but organised/orderly
• People wanting to get photos with me
• No Facebook!
• Rickshaws
• Dumplings
• Tea
•  Jade
• Street sweepers
• Huge tour groups with tour leader holding flag and tourists wearing same hat for easy identification
• Red Chinese characters
• Panda clothing (hats, t-shirts, bags, you name it)