FX Hotel (Beijing Airport)

Travel Blogs from Beijing

China. Culture. Shock.

A travel blog entry by leongerrits

Na twee vluchten met China Eastern ben ik via Shanghai in Beijing aangekomen. Na kennisgemaakt te hebben met mijn host Allen (CN) maar meteen op avontuur gegaan en naar het Summer Palace gelopen. Dat is een optrekje van een voormalig keizer met een vijver waar het E3-strand bij verbleekt. Omdat je enkel voor 14.00u een ticket kon kopen voor de …

The land of 'only' children

A travel blog entry by tanja_sean

... on our long trip home, we discovered that Tibet was currently closed to tourists and no one was sure if and when it would open again. Although we kept our eye on the news, nothing changed, but we decided to carry on with the original plan anyway as you never know what might happen once we were in China.

Our train trip from Datong to Beijing was not much different to our first China rail experience - curiosity, stares, photo's..it was ...

The Olympics, from Beijing to London

A travel blog entry by tracy-andy-pez

... is happening. I just need to get some now!! Been great having the boss back, he's gone through a lot of stuff with us again & we've learnt lots from these enquiries already. It helps when you have some reality to put it too.

Weds we popped into Paddy's for quiz night & were rubbish again!!! Came 3rd last!!

Thurs I needed my fringe cutting again as I couldn't see, so went back to the same place as before, the same guy did it but it ...

Mutianyu - Great Wall

A travel blog entry by emilyandjames

... to the wall.

We walked up to the wall which was hard work - lots of steps and it was still hot and muggy despite the rain. It was really misty and it was like being in the rainforest. We finally made it to the wall and discovered for ourselves, in the words of the great Karl Pilkington 'its not the great wall of china, its the alright wall of China.' It has been redone so its looks almost brand new and because it was so misty, we had none of the amazing views of ...

Päivä 36.

A travel blog entry by pinksi

... niin moni muukin oli kekannut l�hte� muurille juuri t�n��n, turistiryhm�t vaeltelivat sopulien lailla seuraten ryhm�njohtajia.

Eih�n se portaiden kapuaminen siihen loppunut, vaan lukuisia askelmia piti viel� kivuta muurin harjalla. Miksei ne rakentaneet siit� tasaista tai vastaavasti laittaneet sinnne liukuportaita? Pari kolme tuntia sahattiin muuria edes takaisin. Sitten oli aika tallustaa portaat alas, koska ei tajuttu ...