China Vlog 🇨🇳 | Slides at Abandoned 5 Cats Mall, Langyuan Station, Mini Mars Indoor Playground!

Glo saw several posts on Chinese social media about Five Cats Recreation Mall (五只猫娱乐Mall), which features bright pink exteriors and four outdoor slides. We spent a morning there mostly playing on the slides, but we also explored a few of the abandoned retail and commercial spaces.

Afterward, we headed to Langyuan Station, which is an outdoor commercial area built around a restored (but no longer functioning) train station. It's close to the 798 Art District and has similar vibes but is much smaller. We enjoyed pho there for lunch then spent some time walking around the shops and hanging out at the CATogether cat cafe.

In March, we also finally made it to the Mini Mars indoor playground in Chaoyang District. We'd heard a lot of great things about it from other expat families in Beijing, and it lived up to the hype. We've been to indoor playgrounds in several countries and Mini Mars takes the top prize in our opinion! There was so much to do and the kids had so much fun that we went twice in March.

2:41 Mini Mars indoor play space (in Chaoyang)
4:40 Solana Mall and Chaoyang Park in March (felt like spring!)
6:55 South African food for dinner at Pinotage Restaurant
7:32 Second time at Mini Mars indoor playground
9:12 Outdoor slides at the pink abandoned Five Cats Mall (Chaoyang, Beijing)
17:43 Vietnamese food + shops at Langyuan Station
19:17 CATogether cat cafe (in Langyuan Station)
21:27 L's first swim meet
21:58 Lunch at Peach (Pinnacle Plaza, Shunyi, Beijing)
23:09 Flying out of Beijing Capital Airport for spring break in Japan!

Music by Mark Generous - Runway - https://thmatc.co/?l=8DC5953A
Music by Naomi - Margarita - https://thmatc.co/?l=78CA8520
Music by ThinkChill - dinner - https://thmatc.co/?l=60D4FF97
Music by ZARG - Vacation - https://thmatc.co/?l=4A65FDED