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Beginning Beijing
Jul 15, 2007
(25 photos)
"July 15, 2007 Beijing, China Our flight from Shanghai to Beijing cost 580RMB for each of us. Actually the airfare was only 450 yuan and the rest was for taxes, and fees. Still this ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
yoni
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Quintessential China
Nov 9, 2006
(124 photos)
"The first month of traveling China is tough. The constant spitting, lack of apologies, invasion of personal space, stomach-turning cuisine and the immense language barrier are diff ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
mjlankers
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Brilliant Beijing
May 31, 2008
(116 photos)
"As our train rolls out of Beijing and past the Great Wall on your way to Mongolia both Inge-Marie and I agree that we'd fallen in love with China. The history, culture, food and pe ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
vine_hooligans
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Hello from Beijing!
Jan 10, 2008
"Hello, I'm still in Beijing since 2 weeks ago. Pretty city with few millions people, some says 15 some 20, in fact there is people everywhere! but the city is so big and the b ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
karimico
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Beijing Experience.
Aug 18, 2004
"My first day in Beijing I did positively nothing, just took a bit of a rest. But since then I've been pretty busy... but not with what you might expect. The Far East International ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
tomer
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Busting Out in Beijing
Jul 30, 2007
(19 photos)
"Beijing, Beijing...it's almost hard to believe I'm in Beijing. Except for a few key landmarks (Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Chinese people) it hardly seems at all like t ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
ilombardo
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God Bless Uncle Sam!
Oct 23, 2006
"OK, so I do not talk about this much but I am not actually from New Orleans. I am from a really small Cajun town about an hour South of New Orleans (yes it is possible to live Sout ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
johnnynomad
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Vibrant Beijing... smog central
May 27, 2008
(28 photos)
"Beijing... a mind-boggling metropolis of endless sprawl, endless construction and horrendous pollution. In saying that though, it's quite a fascinating city... just way too big for ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
mattersdorff
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Great Wall - even better toboggan run
Apr 11, 2006
(25 photos)
"Our time in Beijing was split between classical, historical sites and taking in the modern city, as it ramps up for the 2008 Olympics. We visited Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
andylou
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Chinita tu, chinito yo
Oct 1, 2007
"El viaje a Pekin fue muy muy largo. Nuestro ticket de la vuelta al mundo comienza ahora pero desgraciadamente tienes que empezar en el pais en el que acabas. Contratamos un minibus ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
warm
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Beijing at last!
Nov 26, 2005
(16 photos)
"in a nutshell: our last stop with the Gecko's tour group (although not our last stop in China) - we arrived VERY early in Beijing, another quick turnaround at the hotel and then it ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
anneowens
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Big City Livin'
Apr 27, 2005
"I've been in Beijing for a week now. It's been a blast and I really like this city. It has that DC or NYC capitol city feel, which Chengdu (with a meager 10 million people) didn't ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
goodoldlarry
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Back on the chopsticks...........
Jun 2, 2008
(28 photos)
"This isn't Chinatown - this is China, and at the last count there were more than a billion of them out there. Welcome to the People's Republic of China (as opposed to the ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
jonnymatthews
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landing in Beijing
Jun 17, 2008
"Finally I landed in Beijing after a 14 hour flight from New York. The time was exactly 12 hours ahead here. I was picked up at the airport and taken to my hotel. ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
exploreamerica
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1st Entry
Sep 19, 2006
(2 photos)
"Hellooo there. For all the people I haven't written yet in a while. my apologies. But anyways I'm here, all the way across the pacific. I'll try to update my blog as much as possib ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
laszlo_r
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De retour dans la capitale de l'Empire du Milieu
May 22, 2008
(23 photos)
" Yohooo ! Nous avons enfin reussi a quitter le Sichuan ! Aprčs ENCORE quelques emmerdes (prise de tete avec les gens des VISA qui nous ont fait payer le prix normal pour une prolo ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
z00b
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planes, trains and Automobiles
Nov 9, 2003
"Well we survived the train journey, but more about that later. First of all let's go back to Hong Kong, If you get a chance, go there, it is a lot of fun and there is a lot to do. ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
henders
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Sanlitun, heartbeat of expat Beijing
Jul 21, 2007
"Only a few days here before I fly to South Africa for my sister's wedding and, as I have a return flight, have decided to save the sights until I return. So my short stint was spen ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
petef1
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Booking and boozin' in Beijing
Nov 28, 2005
(5 photos)
"I've made it to Beijing! Yes, I've been here for about five days now and haven't done much in the way of sight-seeing but have booked my Trans-Mongolian trip and am due to leave on ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
ladyadey
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First Experiences in China
Jul 24, 2005
(10 photos)
"Today is my last day in Beijing. This is the first city I have seen in China and I have been here for 4 days. We have seen the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, walked through Huto ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
gisela
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Beijing
Jun 28, 2006
(27 photos)
"We have been to The Great Wall of China, the Forbidden City, The Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace and they're all superb. Tiananmen Square is mightly impressive too, done in ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
benandcally
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The Forbidden City
Jul 8, 2005
"Made it. After a 2 hour bus ride, 3.5 hour flight, 10 hour layover, 4.5 hour flight, 1 hour taxi ride to my hotel, and one good night of sleep... I have made it. My hotel is situat ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
ppatterson13
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Back In The Zhongguo (China)!
Aug 31, 2007
(32 photos)
"The Trans-Siberian railway is one of the longest train journeys in the World. It is not a single route but one of several; the longest of which begins in Moscow and ends in Vladivo ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
dan-levitan
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Beijing-a-ling-a-ling--Home's a Callin'
Oct 22, 2005
(48 photos)
"We spent our last days on the train speeding across the Gobi Desert towards home-China. In a stroke of genius, our group decided to write, stage and film a short movie to keep ours ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
paulandmel
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Stuck in Hong Kong
Jul 19, 2006
"Arrived at the airport to find that my visa is no longer valid. Apparently changing flight at Shanghai counts as having entered the country, so the visa is expired. Am currently sa ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
swhale
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Vietnam low down (Randy)
Dec 6, 2004
"Our arrival in Vietnam was greeted with little fanfare other than the moto drivers who saw us a big wallets getting off the boat. It was just Julie and I on a boat full of 18 or so ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
asiantravelbugs
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Whoa, China
Dec 8, 2005
(16 photos)
"So it was a flight from Delhi to Beijing via Hong Kong and everything went just fine until we got dropped off by the airport bus 500 metres west of Tian'namen Square, and realised ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
jeznkez
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Beginning in Beijing...
Mar 15, 2005
(4 photos)
"And we're off... March 10-11 =========== The highlights of our Air China flight include the 15 minute exercise session in the middle of the flight where EVERYONE on board simultane ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
hoods
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Beijing Part 1
Aug 21, 2006
(34 photos)
"only 9 million bicycles - Melua you're off your noggin~!!!! Hello readers - we've made it to China (phew) -the main destination for our jaunt... let's hope that it lives up to the ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
tallbird_lankey
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Summer Palace
Sep 5, 2006
(26 photos)
"We arrived in Beijing on the 4th of September, by the time we arrived in our hotel was around 9 in the evening. The flight was about 2:30 hours and there are no time differences be ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
samira_steve
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Beijing
Aug 23, 2006
(2 photos)
"Arrived at 5.30am into Beijing. The driver from the downtown backpackers hostel we are staying in had my name on a placard ...that was a nice sight to see as we were wondering how ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
sarahtritschy
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Mao's Maze!
Sep 3, 2006
(25 photos)
"Beijing is certainly one massive maze! Only when you try to take it on do you realise that the guide book is not wrong; the city really is the size of Belgium!...but I guess you ne ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
jambo-claude
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In Beijing - alone!
Jul 1, 2005
(4 photos)
"So here I am - safely arrived in Beijing. I'm finding that without Macey to help carry my shoes and make up, this Back pack is unbearable... Still - easy transfers, gorgeous hotel ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
bec_and_macey
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Rocky trip to Beijing
Jun 17, 2006
(5 photos)
"Just got to Beijing today and am on my way to Shanghai. My trip from Mongolia to Beijing was quite an adventure! It started off with this racket of Mongolian travel agents, who buy ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
danwstephens
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The Hidden Tree
Jul 20, 2006
"The next morning I awoke on the train feeling really rested and fresh. Russell was still fast asleep and the Vietnemese couple had probably been up for hours and were not there, so ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
ladytj
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Voir Pékin et mourir...
May 15, 2005
"On aurait pu penser que l'anglais était plus répandu ŕ Pékin. Et bien non. Moi qui trouvait les hochements de tęte des Indiens énigmatiques, je suis servie. Mes photocopies du Mand ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
asalvaire
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CHINA!
Dec 1, 2005
(21 photos)
"We arrived in Beijing after a fairly painless border crossing from Mongolia (only 7 hours!)- although the train had to change it's wheels to a different gauge, and each carriage wa ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
heidiandrew
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Mao Country
Sep 8, 2006
(29 photos)
"Mao is dead aswell. Since '76 we think. We went and saw his corpse aswell.....just Ho to see now in Hanoi to complete the set!! Had a gawk at Tian' Square, went down a few hutongs ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
bennykenny
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And the haze rolls
Nov 3, 2007
(10 photos)
"Onto Beijing! We took an overnight train from Datong to Beijing but it could hardly count as a night's sleep. The train left Datong at 11:00 and arrived in a star-studd ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
teklife23
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Beijingoism
Apr 24, 2008
(19 photos)
"So then, following on from our Outer Mongolian experience we boarded yet another train (this time for a mere 36 hours) towards the political & cultural centre of China - Beijin ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
emex
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Last stop
Sep 4, 2006
"Yup! That's it! As the train rolled in, the epic journey was over.. having been 134 hours on the train had been absolutely WONDERFUL! It had had a little bit of everything and I ca ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
rutgervd
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Capital of China
Jun 3, 2007
" We arrived in Beijing at 5:00 after a 5 hour train ride. Needless to say we were not too well rested. We got out of the massive station and headed towards Tiananmen Square t ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
mrewkowski
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Greatness
Oct 31, 2005
(3 photos)
"Payin' anything to roll the dice, just one more time Some will win, some will lose Some were born to sing the blues Oh, the movie never ends It goes on and on and on and on Don't s ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
cmj
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Beijing Pre Event preparations
May 26, 2007
(6 photos)
"On 23 May after a 9 hour flight from London we arrived at the Rally HQ in Beijing the Shangri La hotel. Combatting jet lag, with a 7 hour time difference, we toured central Beijing ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
p2pjaguar
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Completion of the Visa hunt!
Aug 28, 2006
(1 photo)
"After a massive effort, I have finally finished getting all the visas I need for the 'stans. This is by far the most advance planning that has ever been required of me before, spec ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
johnkramer
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Beijing
May 20, 2008
(45 photos)
"After a short flight from Tokyo, we arrived in Beijing. We had chosen a hostel in a hutong location in the centre of town. Hutongs are how we imagined the traditional Beijing: narr ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
charlotte_piet
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HELLO CHINA!!!!!
Jan 21, 2006
(9 photos)
"Well, after a 4 hour (turned 6 hour flight by the troublesome, crazy, pushy, noisy, mental chinese people!) flight we finally arrived in Beijing!! It was actually really weird flyi ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
charlotte_amir
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Beijing Lily
Nov 8, 2006
(10 photos)
"The train ride went perfectly. We arrived at 6 in the morning with no plans or reservations. We figured we'd find an internet cafe, look up a hostel, and get a room. Sounds simple. ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
dogeleven
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Golden Beijing
Oct 5, 2006
(23 photos)
"Finally back in Beijing for the Golden Week: a whole week of sightseeing, meeting up with old friends, and relaxing. After a year back at Lake Forest and a month in the less-that-e ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
jlynn2395
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The long way home!
May 2, 2007
(19 photos)
"Apologies if this entry is a little short but just spent an hour writing a hilariously funny and insightful entry before my computer crashed and wiped it all! Surfice to say im a l ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
lauraclark
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Great Wall of China
Apr 1, 2007
(7 photos)
"Today was Great Wall of China day. We woke up earlier than yesterday and went to breakfast. The waitresses got a kick out of watching us doing "pinch and a punch for the first of ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
amyfisher
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China sucks bottom :(
Jun 29, 2006
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that is not what we were saying at 4am this morning, as we collected our soaked bags from the underbelly of the 'bed bus' in the rain, having left my coat on it, a ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
biggmik
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Beijing - Population 15.3 Million!
Sep 2, 2007
(7 photos)
"We were met by our guide and whisked off to our first experience, a tea tasting ceremony. We learnt how to make the different types of teas, hold the tiny cups and slurp the tea. A ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
jmabro
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Enfin arrives!
Sep 4, 2007
"Salut tout le monde! Apres 2 + 13 heures de vol, nous sommes enfin arrives, en sante et quand meme pas mal en forme! Tout va tres bien, l hotel est a la hauteur de nos attent ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
marietony
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Mao this, Mao that! Everybody loves Mao!
Jun 8, 2007
(27 photos)
"Beijing - The city of many sites, and the size of Belgium! We arrived in the 36 degree heat after a very uncomfortable train ride, and immediately went to find accommodation. ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
cal_ipi
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Beijing: A Taste of China
Aug 8, 2006
(5 photos)
"Arrived in Beijing after a long and tiring flight. The transit service took us in an air conditioned car on good streets to our centrally located hotel in good time. Everything sig ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
cankiwi
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Changing China
Nov 12, 2007
(30 photos)
"We have arrived in Beiging and are experiencing a bit of culture shock! A city of 20 million people is overwhelming to say the least. Everyone is extremely busy 2 ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
landlubbers
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Behind the red curtain
Apr 17, 2006
(57 photos)
"Well after another 30 hours of traveling, with one airport sleep over & one hour of wandering around in a circle with my bag looking for a hotel, I arrived in Beijing, to find ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
hodgeatlarge
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Beijing!
Apr 9, 2008
(13 photos)
"Foreword: I make no apologies for this being a long entry, Beijing, with its 5 ring roads and 15 million people, is the size of Belgium including the suburbs - so there's quite a b ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
anslwithers
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Shop 'til You Drop - Beijing For Beginners
Aug 19, 2006
(12 photos)
"So I guess this is it. I write once again from the comfy confines of the ol' family living room - safe and sound on the other side of the Pacific again. Is it just me or did 8 week ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
shawnsmith
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Heaven again
Oct 28, 2004
(1 photo)
"I thought the end of the guinese tour was heaven, but now I know what true luxury is. The Marriott Beijing West is the most luxurious room I've ever been in. Now I'm drinking free ..."
A travel blog entry from Beijing by
manchtrvlr
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