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Beijing Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Beijing, China
The Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Tom Cruise
This is a top pick! ... a lot. Vicky - Tom Cruise's personal translator I met Vicky on the internet before the trip. She has been living in Beijing for about 3.5 years and we had dinner with her. It was very enjoyable and we shared interesting stories. She is from ...
The Games in review
This is a top pick! So what is the take home message from the Olympics? Was it a genuine success or something of a facade? Beijing gloss fades after going through the wringer By JACQUELIN MAGNAY - SMH The Beijing Olympic Games will go down in history as the Games ...
Would you spend US3,000 on a meal?
This is a top pick! ... my friends at the dormitory. There are all kinds of stories about how people are losing jobs," said a housekeeper in Beijing from southwest China's Sichuan province surnamed Liu. Heading home on a crowded train for a holiday ahead of the New Year on ...
Homeless in Beijing
This is a top pick! ... finally get to bed. I woke up to paddy fields and mountains which were a refreshing change from Mongolia. We arrived in Beijing at about 3.00pm this afternoon. After eventually getting some money changed we went to McDonalds. Nigel and I then went ...
'don't interrupt me when i'm talking crap!'
This is a top pick! ... prepare myself for my trek in nepal...i think i might hike up a few mountains around china too as a warm-up. i've also spent time exploring beijing's 'communist' spots..tiananmen square and the surrounding monuments and buildings. the square is ...
Crackdown on environmental vandals
This is a top pick! ... So far 12 officials, including Fang Jianhua, director of the city environmental protection bureau, have been sacked, but no report was available about whether any would be prosecuted. ...
pre-Olympic rant
This is a top pick! ... poor vendors seem to have been chased into hiding. Or: the actual working reality of the spectacular, beautiful, enormous new Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital airport. Visually it is as pretty an airport as anyone has seen in a long time. But on each of ...
On to Japan... or not!
This is a top pick! ... only got out of bed to use the facilities. There were points during the afternoon where I thought I was wasting a day in Beijing, but then I'd fall asleep again before I could do anything about it! It was everything I thought it could be and ...
Getting married in Beijing?
This is a top pick! ... , Financial Street. In May 346,000 foreigners visited the capital, down 12% from the previous year's figure, according to the Beijing Tourism Administration. "May and June have been tough months. July will also be a tough month before the Olympics," says ...
No businessmen or blacks. But lepers - YES
This is a top pick! ... , if you are a leper, you are welcomed with open arms. And soft handshakes. As the Telegraph reports: Beijing Olympics 2008: China bars businessmen, but lepers okay Foreign businessmen on non-urgent visits will not be allowed into major Chinese ...
Sneak preview of opening ceremony
This is a top pick! ... ago, I was asked by a theater operator to describe what kind of stage show could attract a constant stream of audiences in Beijing - a city where a production that runs for a week is considered a success. In response, I reminded him of an old Chinese ...
Beijing Olympics Courtesy of JnJ
This is a top pick! ... event. I managed to grab a few items from the buffet they had set out for us before we left. It's incredible how well Beijing was prepared for the Olympics with the one exception that they really didn't serve any food at the events. They were supposed ...
How to see the Olympics - some options
This is a top pick! ... tents far from civilization. The good news is that if you do want a five-star hotel room in Beijing during the Olympics, China's notoriously tough visa policies in recent months have taken much of the gouging out of the luxury hospitality industry's ...
Beijing Zoo, Lama Temple, Hutong Tour
This is a top pick! ... from the United States so even though they spoke English I stood out even more! The tour started today at the Beijing Zoo. At present, the zoo houses over 7,000 creatures of 600 different species, including the giant panda, red-crowned ...
The Summer Palace
This is a top pick! ... as he helped us gain some sense of normalcy and lessen the time warp shock of traveling across the globe. The Beijing Zoo was another story - the animals are cramped in very small quarters and cleanliness is not an important ...
China cuts fuel prices, airticket fuel surcharge
This is a top pick! China cut its benchmark retail gasoline and diesel prices by 2 percent and 3.2 percent respectively on Thursday. It is the first cut since its new pricing mechanism took effect at the beginning of 2009. It's also the second cut in a month after the ...
Games without fun?
This is a top pick! ... things yourself, without buying into everything that's said here. Case in point, the gentlemen who tied "Made-in-China" products to the Beijing Olympics. They're unrelated, but somehow the media's managed to develop it all into an anti-China ...
Moscow to Beijing /Trans Siberian Part 1
This is a top pick! ... areas. We cross many rivers and ravines and the landscape is impressive. The river that marks the half way point between Moscow and Beijing was white with broken ice flowing slowy under the bridge. The lakes we see are frozen over and the people look cold ...
Just how fake was the openning ceremony?
This is a top pick! ... oversized inflatable batons have been highly visible at the first sold-out Games. But Wang Wei, vice-president of the Beijing Olympic Organising Committee (Bocog) revealed they were volunteers shipped in to "create a good atmosphere" by cheering for both ...
The beginning
This is a top pick! ... not 'cha' it's 'cha' with an upward sound. I resort to the book and get my tea. Killing me. First impressions: Beijing is much cleaner than expected. Cheap, not that busy and warm. Chris convinced me that it had been unseasonably cold this winter ...
Beijing hunkers down for the Games
This is a top pick! ... traffic delays of more than two hours into the city. Despite huge signs around the city pronouncing "Beijing Welcomes You!", China also has tightened visa restrictions, causing disruptions for business travellers and forcing many foreigners to ...
One World, One Dream
This is a top pick! ... in itself has been a thorn in my side. Maybe the fact that I have had the worst head cold in living history hasn't done Beijing justice, but in all honesty I believe that there are many, many nicer cities in China than this one. Sorry to all of those of ...
Foreigners less attractive as mates in recession?
This is a top pick! Strange and sad news, in light of the global recession: it has made foreigners less attractive to Chinese women: from Shanghailist.com Bet you never thought this would be a victim of the recession: foreign men with yellow fever. According to a ...
The Forbidden City Stares Back
This is a top pick! Tienanmen Square and the Forbidden City. July 14th Our visit to this area of Beijing was quite a cultural experience. We stepped out of the hotel in family formation; Dad in front to locate and deflect hurdles and fight all evils ...
Train #24 ulaanbaator to beijing we were ...
This is a top pick! ... Tonya likes) but something in our brains screams that "Eggs should not taste of anchovy" and we couldn't face eating them. Beijing's attractions:- * Silk Market This is where our friends Mike & Lia had bought CDs for $1 each, so when we didn't ...
As non-touristy as possible
This is a top pick! ... ************************************* Tourists don't know where they've been, travellers don't know where they're going - Paul Theroux · Beijing, China. · Prague time +7hrs · Days to get to Prague - 25 Beijing, part III Beijing. This ...
Please Get Off!
This is a top pick! ... back up all night. He now sits in a close number 2 on Rick's list of The World's Top 10 Snorers. Finally arriving in Beijing we got a taxi driver that had no idea. Initially he tried to drop us off at a Police station somewhere in the back blocks, ...