BONG BONG BONG BEIJING!!!!

After chilling out in Japan for 12 days it was time to start the real

adventure of my trip.  Japan had been just shopping

and a bunch of planned BS and appearances.

Don’t get me wrong I love Japan and it

was dope as hell,

but it was time to get into some

Big Trouble in well Big China!

And you know I just felt I had to rough it a bit…

Okay not on your life are you crazy?

This is China!

It is the place you here about people coming back

from a trip, and 10 years later a

parasite is found in your brain on the autopsy report from some General TSO’s

chicken you ate from the streets was what caused you to try and

surf on the roof of your car down I-35 at 100+mph.

So luckily I had my people set me

up with a room at

the Shangri-la resort

The China World Hotel in Beijing!

Beijing is a wonderful place, and like I said I came to here to just

chill and do a few touristy things since this was my first time to

this city.  After being here I know that I

BONG! BONG! BONG!

Beijing!

(Get your minds out your arses kids! Bong = love in chinese!)

As soon as I got my bags to my room

I decided to Anthony Bourdain this sh*t

and hoof it over to the 798 Arts District in this really

run down part of the small city of 20mil.

The reason for the trip over was I knew it was the only time

I was gonna get to see my friend’s Terrence (Asian Punk Boy) Koh

and Ryan McGinley’s art show that had just opened in

Bongin’ Beijing!

I first saw Ryan’s photos on an episode of Gossip Girl

and really loved his waifie models and funky colors.

Terrence and I just like to party together and

I knew that he would never let it die if

I came to Beijing and didn’t see his show!

This show was a fun time, and there was free wine and crackers so

I can’t complain about that!  Afterwards I was totally beat and needed

a little seista before a night out on the town, which I might add was very much needed!

That night I was going to a fabled bar/club called Chocolate!

This is a really surreal place it has all these beautiful

Russian girls who are waitresses, bartenders,

and of course GO GO Dancers!

The other smaller

surprise is the

bouncer.

This hot spot was off the chain, but let me warn you don’t go

to Chocolate if you want to remember your night!

I’m not sure how I got home, but I did make it

and my suite looked like a scene from Piven’s

room in Smokin’ Aces the next morning!

But I had some important stuff to do that morning

like head over to see Tianamen Square

and the big famous pic of Chairman Mao!

Tianamen Square is apparently the biggest city square

in the world as I found out.  It can fit 1million

people standing shoulder to shoulder on it at one time.

So yeah it is big!

After a stroll under the pic of Chairman Mao

I entered the Forbidden City.

This was the palace of the emperor of China,

BUT sadly as I looked over this vast estate…..

I could only think of one person…

Yeah it’s crazy and effin’ annoying!

I kept thinking about that horrible

Thirty Seconds to Mars video were the band members

act like they are invading the Forbidden City.

I hope that no one has to go through what I went through.

It was ridiculous and kind of ruined the moment for me.

Anyway……Ha ha ha!

After that Leto attack I was off to see one of the 7 wonders of the

Earth and nothing was gonna ruin that!

It was time for my trek to The Great Wall!

And it was awesome!

Here are a couple of dopey panoramas I shot with my Taylor Swift

issued cam!

So being on the tight schedule I am on I had to head back to the hotel

to get some rest,because the next day was gonna be even more intense.

The day was to start with a a private rickshaw ride

through one of the historic areas

of Beijing.

About an hour into the ride I it had been arranged for me

to visit one of my fans houses in this incredible

area.  The person I was able to meet

was a not just a Cain fan, but also local painter.

(During the Olympics my boy Mikey Phelps and crew went

to this same house to learn how to paint like her, I’ll get back to that.)

The house that she lives in has been passed down through her family

for over 100 years.

In this area the whole neighborhood doesn’t have any running water

except for a public bathroom and shower area.

Incredible.  I don’t think I would survive, nor could I maintain my

infamous locks!

What this family is famous for is painting intricate traditional

scenes on the inside of tiny bottles.

It was really beautiful!

After copping a couple of bottles I hoped back in the rickshaw

and headed back to a set of real wheels.

I had a flight at 1pm to catch

to Xi’an.

I am gonna keep this part of the blizzy quick and short,

but I do want to show you guys a couple of photos from

this insane broadway like production that I saw

after landing in Xi’an!

The show was basically a dinner theatre show based on

traditional Chinese dance, music and yes

martial arts!

They had some bad ass moves too flips and all sorts of crazy acrobatics!

Oh yeah and really hot ladies!

So all in all Beijing and Xi’an were both two amazing cities!

So much to see I could barely fit it all in in 3 days!

But tomorrow is the place I have been dreaming

about the entire time I have been here in Asia!

TIBET!

So get ready for the next installment, because I am gonna be

really high when I write it!

about 12,000 feet to be exact from the city

of Lhasa “place of the gods”!

Better get the Oxygen tanks out!

Peace!

Cain!