Courtyard View Hotel(Emperors Guards Station HouHai) Beijing
No.1 Xigong Street, Gulou East Main Street, Dongcheng District Beijing, 100009, China
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Great Walls, Sore Legs and Chance Meetings
... them. (the best I've ever taste by a mile). The Irish couple sat down beside us and i asked them where were they from? The girls said Wicklow and i said Carlow, Bagenalstown. Then I said "Are you Jane?" look of shock on her face I'm sure her boyfriend will agree was priceless. Really is a small world!
We then proceeded for the entire duration of the trip back to Beijing to raid Ger and Jane for travel advice as they'd just basically done the trip ...
There are 2 bikes to every 1 person in Beijing
... daily necessities' section. Some of the more exciting tasks were buying diarrhea medicine from a traditional chinese pharmacy and pricing bikes.
For lunch Betty and I met up with Kim and her group at an indian restaurant called the Ganges. It was DELICIOUS. Ben came along as well since he was looking for a break from studying. After lunch we decided to look for bikes. We got Connor, another girl in Kim's group, to tell us where she bought one. She was hesitant at ...
Buon Natale!
... times not at all. In the markets they will pull you into their shop, not let go of you and try to sell you knock-off anything under the sun. It can range from clothes to golf clubs to anything you can think of. They will also invite you to dinner and force feed you dumplings though, which is just great. Free food is a traveler's best friend of course.
All in all, I'd definitely recommend Beijing, of course. Just be sure to ...
Great wall, Acrobats and err...tandem bikes
... say anything, i had to walk away, really annoyed that i didnt get it and knowing i would have to come back later on to buy it!!! We also walked past this shop that sold fake uggs, i said to Nic it might be an idea to buy some for Aus, as they are so expensive to buy over there. After deciding it would be a good idea, we asked how much a pair were to get an idea, 400yuen, too much. So as we walked past some more, i saw some taller ones and asked how much, 60yuen, i looked at ...
Beijing City yeah yeah wow...
... new earings..
3 The Temple of Heaven
4 Tianamen Square
5 The Forbidden City#
6 The Peking Opera
This amounted to a 14 Hr day and we are exhausted..
Pics and a story to follow.....Great wall and the Ming tombs tomorrow
Good night Jack and ...
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