I was going to make one more trip to Beijing. According to the information in my hostel, there is one bus going to Beijing leaving at 7:20AM. I got up an hour before and was ready to go until I saw I was locked inside the hostel. I had to wait until 7:00AM when they officially opened, so then I could check out.
I decided to walk to the bus station since I don’t want to deal with any drivers. I knew it was going to be close, but I was hoping the bus wouldn’t leave exactly on time. It was 7:23AM when I asked for the ticket and they said the next bus was at 11:30AM. I missed it.
I decided to go back to the nearest big city of Ji’nan. Once I reached there I found a bus to Beijing. I almost missed this one too, it was backing up and about to leave, but I ran out and caught it. I arrived in Beijing after 4:00PM.
I decided it would be a good time to visit that one English school since they invited me for Karaoke before. It was a pain to get there however. The bus station I was dropped off at was not near any subway station, so I had to guess on the buses. I ended up taking 4 different buses until finding the right one, and in the end I missed my stop. After 7:00PM I finally reached my destination in the suburbs of Beijing.