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We've Hit A Wall - Beijing

A travel blog entry by kamahele

My plane from Lijiang was delayed and I therefore missed my connection to Beijing in Kunming. I wasn't looking forward to telling Air China I missed their flight because China Southern was late. I figured I'd be on standby on the next available flight to Beijing. Plus I didn't have a clue if I would be able to communicate that to them effectively …

DAY 1 - dam its hot here!

A travel blog entry by surf808

Day 1
ok so i left australia today for beijing. Im real excited because i am catching up with chris from london, and i get to see the great wall! another one of the 7 wonders crossed of my list. 2 to go :D

We flew air china. OMG it is horrid! do not fly them ever! As a QANTAS platnium member, I should have known that it was going to be …

Day 2 - sightseeing

A travel blog entry by surf808

ok so today we are doing some of the sight seeing in beijing. im a bit excited to see tiananmen square as i remember this from the news when i was younger how the protestor stopped the war.

Its dam hot today. the traffic is a SHOCKER! and the taxi drivers dont understand any english what so ever!

First up we headed to the summer …

Day 3 - THE GREAT WALL

A travel blog entry by surf808

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW - you get the drift

so this morning we met up with larry, one of chris' friends and headed off on a pre arranged private tour of the great wall of china. ok it took about 1.5 hours to get there. the traffic is a nightmare and once again it is stinking hot. lucky we have air con in our transfer. we have this tiny …

Tracy trying hard not to make plans........!

A travel blog entry by tracy-andy-pez

... for 36 people. Pimms & canapes on arrival, we got chatting to a few people before sitting down for dinner, a 'fish & chip' starter, Beef Wellington for main, and sticky toffee pudding for after, the chocolate & coffee, and plenty of wine too. It was lovely and a really fun concept. We ended up sitting with the owners of the gallery amongst other people, the building was originally a Bauhaus designed factory, then turned into a private home, before it's current use of a new ...

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