Holy moly, when you get inside the first gate there's a lot of people. You have to go through this courtyard to the second gate to enter the forbidden city. There's a restaurant before the entrance...don't eat there. I got a piece of raw chicken in my tofu. Then I was approached by a beggar who wanted my food, which I gladly yielded. After furiously begging other students for tissues, I felt sick the rest of the day.
EAP China! Robert Klein.