Hong Sheng Hostel Beijing

... If you hear from me less frequently from this moment on, I apologise (unless of course, that's what you want. In that case NYUUUHHH!!! *sticking out tongue*), and know that it's not for lack of desire or words (at the very least, I could attempt to transcribe the Chinese phonebook in English... I'm only kidding. They don't have a phonebook. Seriously.) but due to the lack of computers and/or intelligent life forms.

Still missing you all, and loving to hear from ye!

... wanted to see the spot where my friend Ilana won a bronze medal! After the park I visited another of the big markets… the Yarrow Market where I purchased a ‘genuine’ Rolex watch for my wonderful husband! From there I leisurely wandered back to the hostel on foot.

As I rode in the taxi to the airport that afternoon I had mixed feelings about leaving China… I had had 2 really good final days in Beijing… it was like when you make a hair ...

... played clips from the Olympics and the One World, One Dream slogan was all over the place. You could also take pictures with the funny mascots...Sweet! From there we hopped a cab to the Summer Palace and arrived around 1. Boy did we miss Frank at this point. It was just no nice to have a knowledgable guide at these historic sites...or even someone who could show us to the entrance! Luckily we met someone who spoke a little bit of English. We ...

... nåede til det. Teatertruppen var meget engelsk, og det virkede lidt sjovt at sidde og se sådan noget i Beijing. Det handlede om en lille gruppe mennesker, som havde dannet deres eget lille samfund, hvor de levede i pagt med naturen, mens den øvrige verden kom tættere og tættere på. Det var meget underholdende med referencer til larmende snavsede Beijing, og det fungerede dermed rigtig godt og var også meget fantasifuldt gennemført. Efter ...

... last year, dwarfing China's $3.2 trillion. GDP p** capita was $46,000 to China's $5,300. Of the world's 30 largest companies, 11 are Am**ican and 3 Chinese, according to Fortune magazine. But what is striking to casual visitors to China, howev**, is the extent to which its people have adopted the attitudes that made Am**ica great - the optimism, dynamism and patriotism, the can-do spirit, the det**mination to leave the next gen**ation bett** off than one ...

... that at that moment life was like a dream. There we were in an amazing apartment, with great friends and family, drinking black label and talking about the exciting things happening in our lives. It doesn't get much better than that. I left feeling ecstatic that Alex's life was turning out like this. I cabbed home and stepped off a block from the train station where dozens of people were sleeping or trying to sleep on the dirty sidewalk.

... the Emporer used to go to pray to Heaven. It was a wonderful array of buildings and I'm pretty sure there are some pictures I have of it. We then went for tea which was nice as the whole group got to know each other (which was important because we were with each other all day every day for the next 10 days!) We got back to the hotel at about 7.30 and we were falling asleep on our feet but we had to stay awake to go anf buy some clothes due to the loss of luggage - we didn't have a ...

... enough or she just dont feel like she fits in or whatever. so in her own society she gots to be a bit of a outkast, i mean you dont ever see the ppl who fit in more with the crowd wants to leave his/her safe lil society. if the animal is comfortable in their own habitat, why would they ever think about changing anything? the more u fit in the more u dont want to leave. 2. she is brunette. i really have no f'in clue ...

Tiananmen Square: "The world's largest public square, and the very heart of modern China, Tiananment Square owes little to grand imperial designs and everything to Mao Zedong. Young protesters who assembled here in the 1919 May Fourth Movement established a tradition of patriotic dissent, which was repeated in 1989. Today the square is packed with sightseers, families, and undercover ...

... people in them). The picture here is Mathew in the center of China: Day 3 Thinking of ourselves as pioneers and ones not to follow the crowd we decided to see the Great Wall away from the herds of tour buses and touts. So with a (rough) plan in our heads we ventured off to see the 'wild side' of the wall -Huanghua. Well we certainly got it! We got bombarded by the mini bus drivers (who take you to the wall) when we arrived, they all wanted our ...