Four Points by Sheraton Beijing Haidian Hotel

... expensive so we got up early (5am) the next day and ventured out on our own to catch the 919 bus on the other side of town. After being pointed in the right direction by constantly asking people the same question, 'Badaling?', we got onto a noisy cramped bus and sat down. Before we knew it we had arrived at the badaling part of the wall.

It was a cold morning so we thought the idea of a Hot Baked Sweet Potato sounded like the perfect breakfast! After buying ...

... Betty's frenemies Amanda (Becki Newton) and Marc (Michael Urie), the hysterical duo that aligns themselves to whoever can best advance their careers. As for Betty's womanizing boss, Daniel (Eric Mabius), he's not the brightest bulb in the package. Recalling childhood outings with their mother, he says, "She used to like taking us to clothing museums." To which his sibling says, "Those were stores! She just called them museums to get us out ...

... capable of being filled with hot water, metal bowls and a bin below the table. White linen, duvets and pillows were very clean and provided, altho' this doesn't appear to be changed along the way, for those only making a part journey. Various trolleys pass thro' the carriages, selling fruit, drinks, snacks, packed 'bento-style' meals. There's also a very nice dining car selling inexpensive Chinese/Tibetan meals. Hot water is available at ...

... n and decided to climb it for the view of its namesake, world-famous square across the Xichang'an Jie. China is nominally a socialist country, but whoever has ever set their foot on Chinese soil knows the Chinese had a crash course in capitalism, passed it with flying colours and in a record time worked out all the tricks as to how to make money. So the fact that PingPing and I would just a bit farther on pay the entrance to the Forbidden City didn't prevent anyone from charging us ...

... The first few days of the Olympics, the security was over the top. They literally searched every pocket of my backpack and made me use everything from my lip balm down to my inhaler. They confiscated water bottles and lighters on the spot. But after a few days the security scaled back to just Xray scans, cursory checks of your bags and a wave of the magic wand over your body. I was told about a website that sells tickets to citizens of certain ...

... City. The walk down there was a little longer then I thought it would be, but a good chance to see Beijing. Once I got to the Temple I found it was a whole park and not a small one either. Everything here is based on Square and Circles like the Bamboo village I saw in Xi'an. There are 4 main sections to the Park: Round Alter, Imperial Vault of Heaven, Echo Wall and the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest. It was quite neat to ...

... High Tatra's in Slovakia (from 1000m to 2015m above sea level) after 4 hrs of walk up and down I feel nearly the same like after one trip with 70kg. I end up jorney at beutifull waley with a smal dam and nice bridge. the small willige was growing into the tourist center and I would be happy to have some pictures how it grow since my visit. So if somebody has newest picture - send me an link. To be honest with you at the end I was happy to sit back to bus.

Whew! Work is hard and tiring ;) As we entered our second day of work, the weather was cooler and windy today- around low 60's but sunny and beautiful still! We began our day fairly early arriving at the infamous Factory 798, which is a disused, massive, converted electronics factory that has been transformed into artist studios and galleries. This sprawling area still has a factory atmosphere with the exposed steam pipes, original ...

... por una camiseta, que al final comprarás por 2; 50 € por un taxi para 55 km, que saldrá por 10 al final, etc). Nos alojamos todo este tiempo en Far East Hostel, un hostal a pocos min de tia'nanmen, que por 4.5 € la noche (caro para ser china) está dpm. Tenemos wifi y a.a. También decir que ya probamos el perro y la estrella de mar, nos faltan probar otras exquisiteces de la comida china :) (escorpiones, cienpiés, serpientes). Vamos a mirar el próximo destino.

Today was relatively uneventful--in that no one seemed to miss the squatty potty or lose a child (well for more than 10 minutes). However, tonight we were given special time alone with the students to tell them about our lives and let them ask questions. I was assigned to Melissa, but I couldn't find her in her room. I wandered down the hall a bit and saw Richard. He has been with me most of the trip and really seems to think I'm nice. (fooled hiim??? lol ...