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Beijing.. in winter, twice!

A travel blog entry by ronchu

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Beijing is definitely not the place to be at during the Chinese winter, and unluckily enough for me I was there twice, both times during the cold winter period.
Winter is colder in Beijing than anywhere else in China I've been to, it's a sort of cold that freezes you all the way into your spine. I had warm clothes too.
Anyway, during winter …

Boxing & KTV

A travel blog entry by tracy-andy-pez

... br> The Friday was Andy's Internations boys night out - about 20 of them went Go Karting, which we tested out the week before. They all had a couple of rounds each during the evening after going to 'Big Pizza' to stock up, all you can eat pizza, pasta, salad, free flow beer etc. for just under a fiver! Andy came overall 4th in the Karting competition & had a great time. After party at Spark nightclub, again on the guest list! A good night had by all.

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A (Week) Day in the Life

A travel blog entry by ztbrown

... or travel plans. We usually spend a fair amount of time on our tones (Chinese has four tones, all of which are vitally important in speaking. If you mess up on one, the whole meaning of the word can change. For example,
Māmā m� mǎ ma? literally means "did mom scold the horse?")

8:06pm: Finally out of class for the day. Some friends and I walk out together through the dark towards the East Gate, laughing and joking in ...

Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City & Summer Palace

A travel blog entry by in-china

... in a local restaurant, we saw the Summer Palace, a 700-acre complex of elegant buildings and gardens (complete with man-made Kunming Lake) frequented by the Imperial Court when they wanted to escape the bustle of Beijing. And tonight, we enjoyed a farewell buffet dinner with many of our friends that we made on our tour of ...

Beijing China

A travel blog entry by kingo

... was quite fascinated with that the Emperor had 3000 concubines (wives) and was not quite sure of how his (current) crush would feel about that (Ellie) ;0) (which by the way he talks about everyday) we saw the emperors quarters but you are not allowed to bring in your camera there and the Well of Concubine Zhen and heard of her tragic love story. we saw the Nine dragon Screen wall and and learned all about the meaning of the chines animals we also saw the temple where ...

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