Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) Beijing

Qinghuan Xi Lu, Haidian District, Beijing , China - Phone: 010/6255-1488 or 010/6254-3673

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  • Escape the city

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    wouttw 0 contribution Heino , Netherlands Apr 4, 2012

    Lovely place to escape from the busy city centre of Beijing. This is really a park where you can chill and hang out. The Summer Palace is more focussed on the Temples and Bridges and is really good to explore some culture. The Old summer place is just a relax escape.

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    Field trip to Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace)

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    Today, our class went on a field trip to Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace). The school decided that since many students from the previous quarter had already visited the Capital Museum, the school officials changed the destination to the Old Summer Palace. I was ecstatic as I had yet to visit the park which was located right next to Peking …

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    Hanging in the "New" Jing

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    I must apologize for my hiatus. As international Labor Day was May 1st, we had another 3-day weekend (in the middle of the week) and I took a few extra days to travel to Beijing again. Darren and I first visited Beijing 2 years ago when we were on our journey around the world. We had a little more time on this trip and had the pleasure …

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    Summer stroll in Winter?

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    Today, we got to sleep in till 9, which felt so good. We checked out of the hotel then put our check-in bags in the bus. We would be flying to Xi'an this afternoon. There was not a lunch scheduled so we had an extra large breakfast. We headed to the Summer Palace first.

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    Bye Bye Beijing

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    Last day in Beijing today. Did some shopping in the vicinity of the Hotel this morning. The shops here are a mixture of malls with tiny stalls and stand alone shops. Most of the shops are geared for the youth of the city with gadgets and nic nac stuff you would throw away after five minutes. the jewellery shops are stocked with gold and jade mostly …

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    Buitenverblijfje van de keizer

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  • 6

    Lente komt eraan!!

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    Eindelijk is de grijze gloed van Beijing verdwenen en beginnen de bomen en planten weer te groeien en bloeien. Dit zet de stad toch wel in een ander perspectief. Deze week is Frank ook eindelijk aangekomen in Beijing, super gezellig!

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