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Travel Blogs from Beijing

Beijing China

A travel blog entry by ardisamdave

Well after 27 hrs of flying I was met at the airport by my interperter. She informed me that we needed to call USA office right away and have meeting. Now this is the last thing i want to do when i am tired is have a dam meeting! I have discovered that the 3 days of meetings i flew here for have been canceled! Oh well guess ill go sightseeing. I …

Weird things in China

A travel blog entry by landpdochina

So this blog entry is dedicated to some of the weird things we have encountered on our journey… hope you enjoy!

- You can dry your clothes anywhere... the hospital, the roof, in public

� A prize that comes with candy is a battery

� Everything is tiny - the people, the napkins, the bowls, the silverware, the hair …

The land of 'only' children

A travel blog entry by tanja_sean

... before the crowds - which arrived about one hour after we did! The only thing really to do while we were there was just to walk around the ciity, enjoy the atmosphere, eat some of the street food and people watch! Although the whole city was busy, we did notice that it was really really clean and a lot of effort was being made to maintain some crowd control in the more popular areas of the city. Our nearest underground stop, for example, had ...

The Olympics, from Beijing to London

A travel blog entry by tracy-andy-pez

... of about 30 of us. Back to Franks after, got talking to the owner (who we met with Ray & owns the horse riding ranch & invited us up there sometime). He was so impressed we'd taken lots of people in there, he sent over 20 shots for us all! Nice!!

Been for a wander today, it's really hot, about 36 degrees and clear blue skies again after some rain on Friday night. Walked to our nearest park which is about half an hour away, Ritan Park. Lovely, ...

Mutianyu - Great Wall

A travel blog entry by emilyandjames

... The staring isnt as bad as people make out - its actually been worse here than anywhere. \Oh, at the summer palace, to chinese girls ran up to me, told me i was beautiful and asked to have a picture with me hahaha. The spitting isnt as bad as people say either. The dog situation - they are all pretty small and poodly but cute anyway!

We are going to see if we can get some proper food. We are being charged 1 pound for a bottle of water here, in most shops its 20-40p ...