Asia Vision Hotel Beijing

... make me feel better, and I didn’t have much time for more thinking, my nurse was standing over me swiping q-tips- completely oblivious and unconcerned of me wrestling with a good many demons to simply stay in my seat.

The woman was all business, sans-sympathy. I told her my fears, she responded with a “no problem”, moved the cart to block my way, and grabbed my hand. She had trouble getting my arm to relax, and the veins to surface. As she started ...

... on, expecting to see recipes for homemade free-range beef nuggets with organic brown rice. Instead, I'm face-to-face with a book of dog meat recipes. I take a closer look at the cover and realize the garnish is, well, dog paw pads. Dennis points out that there are 9 of them. That's 2.25 dogs. I can just imagine the horror if this thing ever made it into Amazon's search ...

... slums were wealthy, guarded homes, hotels, and tourist destinations. At one point I looked to the left and saw crumbling homes, but on the right was a giant resort with a replica of the Arc de Triumphe. So strange.
When we finally got to the start of the JinShanLing section, we were bombarded by the impoverished trying to sell water and cheap souveniers from backpacks. This is commonplace here at any place in China, rickshaw drivers ...

... street, I headed in the direction of Zhengjue hutong, where "Red Lantern House" was located. For that, we had to cross our Xinjiekou Beidajie. At the McDonald's intersection the traffic lights were at the red. Maggie coolly marched on. "The light's red!" I protested. Maggie laughed. "This is China," she said this by now almost classic sentence and added: "In China you don't wait for the lights to turn green. Maybe in Europe you do. But not here." And indeed, all you needed was to turn ...

... section of the great wall we went to is called mutianyu which is supposedly one of the more "authentic" sections of the wall. man...there are so many freaking steps. the steps are all uneven and some parts are really steep! anyway, i can't believe what bad shape i am in, i really gotta hit the gym when i get back home.

... 800 square km in size with ridges and mpeaks known to be as sharp as a knife. Stepping on the sand may change its shape temporarily but the sand always returns to its original shape the next day. Walking on the sand, one can also hear a sound that could be as light as a bamboo instrument or as heavy as thunderous drums. Also visit the Crescent Spring (Yueyaquan) that is so named because of its large crescent shape. The ...

Hello everyone, Still in Beijing, where everything is great, the summer is almost here, the gardens and parks are full of flowers and the birds rehearsing everyday there favorit song "cuicui"... I joined sometimes ago a samba band call "Sambasia", today is the 2 years anniversary, and we will perform tonight in a concert hall call "Mao Live", for those who are in Beijing, come tonight from 8pm, it's ...

... China. We are like celebrities here. Everyone takes photos, waves, practices their english with us and generally stares. Anita even gave an autograph! it is hilarious and daunting at the same time. As we pulled away on the airport shuttle bus Monica had a whole family wave goodbye to her which made her cry! someone said goodbye to her! hahaha random thing we saw in china - woman walking with shopping bag on airport tarmac...wonderful security.... TIC this is China - we will miss it!

... Palace: A beautiful, huge, lakeside complex that the Imperial Family retreated to during the summer months. The summer palace is the largest imperial garden in the world. Once again we were taken with the beauty of the architecture and the bright and colorful artwork. We walked about 1/8 the way down the longest corridor in the world. It spans almost 800meters and it began from the empress's area in the compound and flowed to a boat dock alongside the lake. The ...

Waiting for a bike to arrive when the shipping agent also doesn't know it gets old in a hurry. Still thinking about the Isle of Man, so as long as I've got nothing to do for the next 48 hours (hopefully) I'll try and fill you in on what the place is like. There are no speed limits on the Isle once you get out of the villages. Twice I was "shot" by a radar gun coming into town. Both times over the limit and once on the wrong side of the road (Stay on the LEFT stupid ...