Dachaoyang Shancheng Hotel
Travel Blogs from Beining
Group meet
Out early. Walked around the main areas of uptown (and tourist) Beijing. Went to the great market, but very crowded and oppressive. Dumplings for lunch, 6pm trip meeting. Our leader is Phoebie. The rest (10) are mainly young, Aussie, teachers but good crowd. Group banquet style .dinner at next door duck restaurant. Later, went out to food stalls as Bill wanted to eat fried scorpions for the camera. ...
I was attracted by roast Beijing duck
On my holiday, it is lucky that I have traveled to many cities of China. Each city has its' own brand of cuisine and special dishes. My trips made me have the chances to taste different cuisines in different places I travelled. I am not deemed to be a culinary authority, but I know delicious food when I taste it. I was actually excited about my traveling to Beijing, a city I had never seen and experiencing its distinct culture ...
SHENYANG
Shenyang Shenyang is the capital of
Liaoning Province. The largest industrial city in northeast China, it
has a population of 3.3 million. The most important historic site in the
city is Shenyang Imperial Palace, the former residence of the Qing
Dynasty founder Nurhachi and his successor Huangtaiji and the place
where Emperor Shun Zhi, founding monarch of the Qing imperial rule had ...
Benxi and Back again
... catch our train and then set off at a run to try and find it in time before the train left the station. Thankfully, we found it in enough time.
Once we got to Shenyang we booked another train ticket back to Dalian. Originally we had a measly two hour wait for our train, but then inexplicably it got delayed by three extra hours. We went back down to the window to exchange our ticket for a train that was leaving earlier. We met a nice ...
Beau petit chalet
... de VRAIS bateaux pour se défendre contre l'invasion japonaise. Anyways, le territoire fait tout le tour d'un grand lac. De partout ou presque, on y a une vue magnifique. Des temples, des pavillons à en plus finir. Un peu serrés dans le temps, on a dû partir prendre le train pour Xi'an. Alors prochaine destination..... ben Xi'an.
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