Cts Plaza Beijing
No.2 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District Beijing, 37300, China
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Stranded!!
On my way back from UK after spending a lovely Christmas and New Year with my boyfriend and family back at home, I stopped in Beijing for my connection flight to Seoul. Only to find that all flights had been cancelled that day due to torrential snow!!
The events that followed will forever be burned into my memory to never book Air China again! …
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Last Day/ The Insect Market/ First Sleeper Train
... pleasant. Towards the end of the market were whole birds, beaks and all, that looked like they had literally been cremated in some kind of oil, alive. These were also on sticks, and as me & Chloe were sat having a nice drink later, a couple came and sat in front of us eating, ripping the birds apart hanging off the stick. We left quickly after, but not long enough to see what they did with the beak.
Then.. Me & Chloe went off on our own. This consisted of us ...
Don't Judge A Beijing By Its Cover
... sign advertising a bar, restaurant, movies and free wifi. Walking inside, I allow myself comfort that at least the front hall does indeed look like the pictures online. Very cool, albeit a bit dusty, decor of crimson lanterns, deep dark wood work, pagoda style roofing on the upstairs balconies and a fountain emptying into a Coi and turtle pond. (More red-eared sliders!)
Upon checking in, between language barriers and lack of organization on the hostel's part, there ...
The Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven
... responsible for the harvest because of his connection to the gods. A good harvest meant that the gods were happy with the emperor, but a bad harvest meant that the emperor had fallen out of the favor of the gods.
The Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven were amazing and surreal and gorgeous. After exploring them, we still felt the same way about Beijing – it remained a mystical and magical ...
Seeing the sites
... which I enjoyed quite alot. The monks there wear black robes and continue to study in the midst of the few tourists who decided to visit there. It is a particularly morbid temple displaying an endless number of departments depicting the possible destinations one may suffer when one dies, depending on the deeds committed. On our trave there we got to see the real city around the cultural centre. I must say, Beijing doesn't ...



