Beijing Population Notes

Beijing is HUGE. This may sound nerdy, but according to the 2000 census, Seattle has around 500,000 residents. For the Louisiana readers, Lake Charles has around 70,000 residents.

In contrast, Beijing has over 12 million citizens. It is hard to describe how many people that is. We clearly did not see the bulk of Beijing, but we did explore as much of our neighborhood as we could in the few days we were there. We will revisit Beijing, as it is where we leave from on the next leg of our journey (Thailand).