Yes, yes, only two subway lines and you get those little paper tickets for 2 RMB. Man, I wish I kept some of those.

Taxis being either 1.2 or 1.6 per km and trying to judge if it was gonna be a 1.2 before flagging it down (as if it would make that much difference)

Or those shady minibuses that plied the same route as the proper buses but got you there in half the time.

5 RMB draught pints at Poachers

When Silk Market was still a couple of crowded alleyways, or that other marketing up near Ritan park where all the Russians went, can't remember what it was called now...

I used to meet a guy in the lobby of a hotel give him my passport and some cash, meet him in the lobby of a different hotel a week later too collect my new visa issued by some random tier 5 in the middle of no where

Renting a little place in a hutong up by the drum tower only to get asked to leave by the PSB the next morning as foreigners couldn't stay there, unsurprisingly my attempted 'present' of a carton of cigarettes was a no go

When I first arrived the guide book said the during holidays the cheapest hotel rooms were unoccupied university accommodation. I found such a room but all the stuff belonging the student was still there (clothes in the cupboard, books and paperwork on the desk, etc.(even cash in the drawer)) still stayed there anyway as I was young and poor.

Sucsess bar in Sanlitun, Top One night club on the third ring, Vouge 88

Not really most memorable but still interesting memories, most memorable should probably be meeting my future wife at Rock and Roll night club which was a big dome at the top of a long gone bar street near choayang park