Panjiayuan Market (Dirt Market) Beijing

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Första dygnet så är vi förvirrade, hostiga och sura p.g.a 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 …

Here we go to our first real tourist outing. The school asked us to go to the largest Flea market in the world. We had to go around to the different stalls and find specific items and take lots of pictures and then make up a short video for the rest of the staff.

It was a great day - the sun shone and the weather was perfect. It was a …

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Average temperature is 33-35C, humid days and balmy nights with occasional hefty thunder showers and downpours. Ozone and pollution creates a gray blanket of high clouds on most days. We had several days of clearer skies and we could actually see our shadows. Still the pictures we took during those blue sky days look a bit muddy due to the …

After arriving at our hostel to find out the 4 bed shared dorm room we booked not have an ensuite bathroom be as small as a shoe box and a daughter in meltdown mode, we decided to upgrade slightly by moving into a 6 bed dorm with ensuite, which was much bigger and got teh thumbs up from Lily. Alittle more expensive but well worth it. The hostel is …

Last stop with Bhav, Beijing. Spent 5 nights here, theres a lot of history, went to Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace and the Great Wall, shopping at the famous Panjiayuan ...

... and bikes come from more than just two directions. After our chancy street crossing Mom caves to the idea of a taxi. As a market Panjiayuan does not disappoint. Statistics state that around 10,000 people pass through on each Saturday and Sunday that the ...

... china really did embrace this opportunity as a coming out party to the world. and today, eunice and i went to the panjiayuan market. this place is a shopper's dream. it's a crazy mix of flea marketing, cultural revoluation memorabilia, jewelry made ...

... .  Lots of people were burning incense, kneeling, and praying before the buddhas. After leaving here we went to the "dirt" or "panjiayuan" market to see the new antiques :)  We walked around for a bit, took some pictures and looked at some of ...

... left to the elements with grass growing through the mortar and lizards running around. We decided to check out the Panjiayuan market the next morning which has everything from calligraphy to ceramics to bird cages and more, along with some colourful ...

... . I know this is hard to believe, but there are other things to do and see. Last weekend, I checked out my first market in Beijing, the Panjiayuan market. It is also known as the Dirt market (don't know why) or Antique market. It was huge and had some ...

... much lower. Following this I strolled around the area in general and visited what I would describe as an indoor department market. Each floor is dedicated to a particular product area such as mens clothes, womens clothes, electrical, carpets, silks ...

... bit better than hadrians wall, its a close run thing :D lol lol lol) If you are ever in Beijing we can highly recommend going to Panjiayuan market, its huge!!! It gets 50,000 visitors a day!!!!You can buy pretty much anything chinese there too! Silks ...

... deals mainly in antiques and arts and crafts.  It also has the reputation of being the most inexpensive antiques market in Beijing!  Panjiayuan market covers an area of 4.85 hectares of land and accommodates over 3,000 stalls.  It is the ...

... better chance that the skies would be clearer too.              After Panjiayuan market, we hopped into the car for the 2 ½ hour drive out to Jinshanling.  My guide had brought some ...