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Beijing Take Three
... me, they were all delicious! Another, we just stumbled upon which had beautiful fresh Japanese style food. These restaurants are in a class of their own and are equivalent to many fine dining experiences you’d get in my beloved hometown of Wellington, only much cheeper. Beijing also has a vibrant night life. We just happened to be walking around the lakes on a saturday night and the atmosphere was buzzing. Lots of colourfully lit bars playing live music and ...
Luoyang to Xi'an to Beijing
I've read somewhere that the drivers, pedestrians, pedicabs, motor cyclists and bicyclists are all used to each other and so they just weave around each other, with out the chaos really slowing anything down. I broke the rules this morning and hesitated. Having done plenty of uturns into oncoming traffic to go where I wanted, this morning I was on the ball and thought I'd cross the street. Poised with all my wordly possessions and keeping a keen eye on the locals ...
Beijing
... Next day was my last one and I got up dead early to go to the Forbidden City. I spent a good 2-3 hours or so in there wandering round the maze of buildings and walkways. There are so many courtyards and walkways it's a bit rediculous to be honest. I went to a few of the main things which is an amazing clock exhibition, many of them from England, which houses clocks such as one with a full working model of the solar system which moves around as the clock moves and that ...
Day 9 Packing time....!!!!
Day 9
Hari terakhir di beijing setelah packing, saya keluar dan berjalan-jalan disekitar hotel saja sambil melihat aktivitas warga sekitar. Lalu checkout, segera ke stasiun kereta menuju ke Tianjin, sampai di tianjin railway station, naik bus menuju ke Tianjin aiport. Check-in pesawat berjalan dengan lancar dan.... Bye Bye China!!!!!!! go to KualaLumpur...!!!!!
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Traditional Beijing tourist stuff
... Jin) City (Cheng)- a reference to the traditional residence of the Celestial Emperor in the north purple star which links to his representative on earth and jing as imperial permission was required to enter the city. However locals call it GuGong or "Former Palace".
The Forbidden or Imperial City was first established by the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, but was burnt down by the succeeding Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Emperor Yongle began the construction of the imperial city in ...
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