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No 5 North Zhide Alley, Beiheyan Street, Dongcheng District Beijing, China
We're in Beijing! Yay! The whole arrival thing went smoothly and was relatively painless! Upon leaving the airport, we shuffled into the taxi line, loaded into our assigned taxi, and enjoyed the uneventful ride into Beijing. Our taxi driver did have trouble finding our hostel, as it is down a tiny alley, but its location is fantastic! It's walki...
A travel blog entry from Beijing by ashleymaro
Tonight we visited the famous Night Market and indulged in overpriced food on a stick. Everyone has to visit, even if you don't plan on eating scorpion on a stick, which we did. I found it dry and crunchy, with no real taste. I followed it up with squid tentacle on a stick...it was really good. My favorite was a drink that they dropped a chunk o...
A travel blog entry from Beijing by ashleymaro
Today we visited the Great Wall! We went to Badaling, the most restored section and the easiest to get to. We booked a tour through our hostel, so of course we didn't just visit the Great Wall. The tour also included a Ming Tomb, lunch, and a lovely jade store. And the day began with lots and lots of rain. We visit the Ming Tomb first. I hadn't ...
A travel blog entry from Beijing by ashleymaro
Today we took on Tianamen Square and the Forbidden City...it was an impressive day! As we were walking from the hostel, we wonder through the park next to the Forbidden City, and encountered our first "art student." She would be the first of many, and I can't thank various guidebooks enough about writing about this scam (I studied art history an...
A travel blog entry from Beijing by ashleymaro
what up?! OK so we left you the last time with us being really lost and stuff.That hasn't changed a whole lot but we are managing a bit better.I was telling you of how we'd heard rumors of Tiesto the best DJ in the world (hes dutch for those who don't know) was playing in a place called the banana club in a hotel only a few Min's away from our h...
A travel blog entry from Beijing by bigmcmeel
Caught the night train to Beijing, unfortunately we booked the train late and only managed to get on a soft seater which for 11 and half hour train ride is not the most comfortable way to travel. arrived in beijing and about 7am so just ended up sleeping at the hostel which was really more like hotel, for a good part of the day. Anyway, after re...
A travel blog entry from Beijing by josephinelong88
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