Jinshanling Great Wall Beijing

Today we went to Jinshanling Great Wall about 2 hours away from the city. We spent several hours traversing the wall from Jinshanling towards Simatai. We had lunch at Flower Tower and spent 100 RMB per person for the ride up to the Great Wall and 50 RMB per person for admission. We arranged our driver to pick us up when we were finished. This …

1^st October -National Day

Wandered around the vast amount of lakes and parks the city has to offer, it is very green and pretty and a thoroughly enjoyable place to hang out! We resisted the urge to get a pedalo but couldn't resist an ice lolly for 10p! Ooh and a steamed corn on the cob for 20p - yummy!! Beijing is a lot greener …

THIS IS AMAZING
No time, computer is literally dying here. I don't have the right converter, so I'll update this soon. I have over 200 pictures on their way. Premise of the story, Saw awesome parks, did awesome things, went to Great Wall and stayed the night. Was scared to get super bad virus but didn't get it..But I'll save it. I have to …

Saavuttiin Moskovan kautta Pekingiin pienissa jetlageissa lauantaina 7.1.2011. Matka meni hyvin ja kentalla meidat toivotti tervetulleeksi pieni lumipeite maassa. Kylmasta kylmaan siis matkasimme. Kelit ollu tosin aika hyvia ja sellasta pikkupakkasta. Huomenna jatketaan sitten jo hieman lampimampaan Shanghaihin.

Ollaan yovytty parissa …

May 1, 2012

Chinese Word of the Day: chu'ar. This is a simple Chinese meal. It's basically a meat skewer. They're grilled on the street all over Beijing and they're simply delicious! (And cheap too!)

I'm actually back in Shanghai, but am going to let this entry state that I'm in Beijing because that is what the majority of this …

Salut a tous !

Aujourd'hui fut une longue journee ! Levees a 5h30 pour un depart de l'hotel a 6h. Petit dej "mac do" fort moyen en chemin. Les 3h30 de route nous permettent de terminer notre nuit tranquillement !

Arrivee vers 11h. Un choix drastique se pose a nous : monter vers la muraille a pied ou prendre le telepherique (Et …

Matkan ensimmäinen kohde, Peking, saavutettiin aikataulun mukaisesti 7.1.2012.

Pekingissä tuli vietettyä liene kaksi viikkoa. Pakollisia nähtävyyksiä tsekkailtiin laiskanpuoleisesti, ja niistä muutamista kohteista, mitä tuli nähtyä, on pakko hehkuttaa Kiinan Muuria sekä 798 art districtia. Molemmat tarjosivat huikeita elämyksiä, etenkin …

Today was an early start of 6am to get the bus to Jinshanling which is about a 3 hr drive from Beijing. After a delightful Maccy D's enroute we picked up some more people from other hostels and made our way North East of Beijing into Hebei province. The trip out there was really nice going through nice countryside and also some new towns, the rate …

Beijing is definitely not the place to be at during the Chinese winter, and unluckily enough for me I was there twice, both times during the cold winter period.
Winter is colder in Beijing than anywhere else in China I've been to, it's a sort of cold that freezes you all the way into your spine. I had warm clothes too.
Anyway, during winter …

Hello everybody!

Happy New Year! It has been a long time since I wrote an entry into this blog. The last 3 months have been so action packed that I have not had a chance to sit down and write my thoughts. Now I have a little lull in activity, I can fill you in on my adventures this winter!

The end of October in Weihai was a …

... . We bravely attempted the 10km hike passing 28 towers - with scary and very steep climbs and crumbled down hills, from the Jinshanling Great Wall to the Simatai Great Wall (which has been noted by UNESCO as one of the World Cultural Heritages). ...

... and told us we had to get off. We sleepily tried to confirm this was Muyin and the right place to change for the Jinshanling Great Wall, which he assured us it was, so off we trundled. It didn't look right, with just a few shabby taxi drivers gathered ...

... us. Well I'm still here.... There are various sections of the Great wall open to visitors. We were brought to the Jinshanling Great wall which is less comercialised and not visited as much by tourists. We bought our tickets on the bus and headed up ...

... Great Wall has an elevation of 700 meters. Watching Beijing Tower is on the highest position, from which you can see Beijing. The Jinshanling Great Wall is second only to the Badaling Great Wall in its completeness. I guess I can say that I walked the ...

... wall is gorgeos place! I had an oportunity to visit it once traveling to China for biz. We rent a small bus and went to Jinshanling Great wall which is close to Thombs (so you can visit those on the road as well). As it is more then 1 hour drive from ...

... , but for the price I paid to stay there, it was well worth it. So Sunday...I got up bright and early to go to Jinshanling Great Wall. I was picked up at 6 AM...well I was supposed to be picked up then. The guy was there but the other person coming from ...

Today we went to Jinshanling Great Wall about 2 hours away from the city. We spent several hours traversing the wall from Jinshanling towards Simatai. We had lunch at Flower Tower and spent 100 RMB per person for the ride up to the Great Wall and 50 ...