Forbidden City (Imperial Palace) Beijing

Tim says:
Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City

Let me just start out by saying that I cannot possibly remember all of the details that we heard on our first day of our trip. I do know a couple of facts that are conclusive: Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City are truly amazing. I would do it a great injustice in trying to …

This morning we had a slow morning getting ready which wasn't great time wise. Breakfast at the hostel consisted of french toast honey and watermelon, soo good! We walked to the Forbidden City and queued for our tickets, and nearly died in the +30C heat. Everyone has umbrellas to shade themselves, yet all they did was poke them in our heads as were …

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Första dygnet så är vi förvirrade, hostiga och sura pga sömnbortfall och hunger, Aeroflot var kanske inte bästa flygupplevelsen. Obenad torsk, luftgropar och flygvärdinnor som ej var kommunikativa. Väl i Peking leder jag oss in i fel tunnelbana och är allmänt förvirrad i min sömnbristfylla, trots min dåliga vägvisningsförmåga kommer …

This morning we awoke at 6am to go into the centre of Beijing to see the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. The day started well with a KFC for breakfast however KFC seems to have a spicy edge to it here.

The Forbidden City was absolutely beautiful and the gardens were amazing. A lot of the buildings were the same but incredible due to …

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We just returned from a much-needed trip to Beijing with good friends. We had 8 days off from teaching for the May 1 Chinese holiday (Labour Day) so we took the …

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So about a week ago now we arrived into Beijing after a 24 hour train ride from Mongolia.

Our first impressions coming in on the train were mixed - we passed some stunning mountain ranges but quickly hit some real industry, very different from what we'd been seeing in Mongolia. For what seemed like an age before we …

After a grueling 24 hours, we've finally made it to Beijing.

And boy is it busy.

After getting through the airport, and taking the train into the city, we took on the subway. What a task it was. Not because of the difficult sign posts or the many directions we could take; that was all fine. The culture shock was getting to grips …

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Am Abend taten uns auf jeden Fall die Füsse ziemlich weh vom vielen herumlaufen, aber dafür gibt es ja zum Glück die Fussmassage. Davor wurden wir noch von Meys Freunden in ein bekanntes Pekinger Restaurant eingeladen, sehr gut …

Raffles has a pretty amazing breakfast setup. They've got a lot of Chinese traditional stuff as well as the waffles and bacon. Deciding to make it a little East meets West, I got the guy to whip up a Roasted Duck omelette (an Erik original) for me complete with green onions. It was amazing!

At 9 we boarded the bus to head over to the Tian' …

Set off for China from Newcastle. Got a British Airways flight from Newcastle to London at 13.40pm. There was some bad turbulence on the way into London. It was raining in London; there was no where for us to land so we had to circle three times going back through the turbulence. I felt very sick on the way in and so did a few other people. Did …

... of Beijing). We enjoyed Beijing very much. We were right near Tianamen Square and just up from there was the very atmospheric Forbidden City. Tuesday before we left Campbell and I found the Samoan Embassy to see what resources there were for trying to ...

... 's going for bronze!) * Tiananmen Square obstacle course manoevering (The obstacles are all human) * Selling Olympic memorobilia * Forbidden City photo-taking We're not just here to ridicule the Olympics and the giant hopes that ...

... We are just a five-minute walk from Tiananmen Square and is near many important cultural and historical attractions such as the Forbidden City, Chairman Mao Mausoleum and the Great Hall of the People. Everything else is accessible by foot or subway. We ...

... Our days, lazy walks round, a trip to the great wall (next entry) and a trip to the much built up and hyped Forbidden City. For myself, Bruce Campbell and Mike we would have preferred it if it had stayed forbidden, though Bruce Campbell a little more ...

... a huge skating rink. Friday morning we saw the main sites: Mao's Masoleum - a very strange paradoxical experience. The Forbidden City - a beautiful and stunning complex of buildings from ancient Imperial dynasties. All this based around ...

... its confines for almost 500 years), the names of the various halls and palaces were the best part.  Clearly the name 'Forbidden City' in itself invokes a lot to think about, but once inside this garden of Eden you can find yourself walking ...

... guides and drivers on the net and send out some inquiries. Later that morning we went out to see the big thing in Beijing, the Forbidden City. We took a taxi and enjoyed the Beijing traffic for about half an hour. The traffic is busy and the many ...

... a legacy of the Olympics, and it meant we were free and able to move around the city with ease. We visited the Forbidden City, hiring an audio-guide to take us around the many temples, courtyards and garden. It was grand and beautiful ...

... Beijing so quick and easy (so we've managed to do so much already!). We joined the hordes of tourists visiting the Forbidden City, a huge complex of ancient buildings where two dynasties of emporers lived. As great an experience it was to be in such a ...

... , we ventured out with our new found friends Mariska and Rene. Our first stop on the tourist trail in Beijing was the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square.  Tiananmen Square conjured up images of military marches seen on television in the 80s and ...