I tried getting a Vietnam visa here in Beijing. The embassies are in walking distance from my home here, so I thought it would be convenient. I went there and filled out the form and they said I’m too early. You should do it within 30 days of your arrival and you must have exact entry and exit dates that cannot change. You also can’t easily get a visa on the border. Sort of disappointing how difficult they make it to get into the country. Not sure I’ll visit there after all. However, I might try the embassy in Thailand or Cambodia.
My Etymotic ER6i earphones are broken and I’m trying to figure out a way to fix them. I have a backup pair of average Sony earphones, but after all this time with sound isolation, I can’t bare to use them! Either the cable near the stereo connector is bad, or maybe the connector itself is flaky. It is kind of difficult to find a shop or something that will fix it by soldering a new connector or something, so I might have to do it myself. It is under warranty, so I suppose that’s an option, but no idea how to do a warranty service way out here. The company is in Illinois.
On Sunday I went to the Summer Palace. It is one of the popular tourist places in Beijing. But not too crowded since it was the off season.