... 9 million you say? Well, consider this, at the last count the population of Beijing was just over 16 million and most people own at least one bicycle (or so we were told). Still reckoning on 9 million?
Today we visited one of Beijing's famous Hutong districts. A hutong is small street of courtyard style homes, each courtyard shared by several families. 
For those how may be interested, the only water supply to the courtyards is through a stand pipe and so there are no toilet facilities in the home. These are found in shared public facilities doted around the district.
We were greeted very warmly by a courtyard resident who explained what life was like in the hutong. Travel by rickshaw was an experience that will be difficult to forget...
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