Burning off the Calories

On Sunday we went shopping for fake goods at silk street market and then on the way back I hopped on one of these public exercise machines. Beijing grannies love these things and you find them everywhere. They love to get outside to exercise in any way possible. Sometimes you'll just find one hanging off a rope tied around a tree or walking backwards down the street. Do a Google search for Beijing's dancing grannies if you want to really get into the psyche of the city's aged population. These groups are seen as a nuisance by the younger residents who get woken up by loud music at ridiculous o'clock in the morning as hordes of elderly boppers strut their stuff in the street below.