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The One with the Forbidden City
... Peace". It wasn't too heavenly peaceful in my opinion, though. Crowds of people flocked the place and crazy Chinese locals were rushing up to Connor and me, wanting pictures with the giant man and the man with the yellow hair. You would've thought we were celebrities the way they swarmed us. Speaking of celebrities, it was only our second day in China and we had our first celebrity siting: Jackie Chan! And wouldn't you know it, he wanted a picture with us, too! He was a nice ...
It's hip to be Tiananmen Square
... Oliver turned up (See first nights entry). He kept shouting “I am the Fuhrer” and “Uzi nine millimetre” really loudly!” “Well, that second one is kind of down to you” I replied. “Yeah, but there was this other bloke, Luke there, and two fifty year old plus English women along with the two young Japanese girls, we were all talking, Oliver got the one girl a drink, she drank it and went from a smiley chatty girl, to ...
Arrive in Beijing
... limits to the common people during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Temple of Heaven is situated in a large and pleasant park that now attracts early morning practioners of tai ji quan.
THE FORBIDDEN CITY
Forming the very heart of Beijing, the Forbidden City, officially known as the Palace Museum (Gugong), is China's most magnificent architectural complex and ...
China-Rundreise / Hongkong
... dten...
Am Schluss der Wanderung kamen wir noch in einen Park, wo es viele Affen hatten. Naja, bis dahin fand ich Affen noch ganz lustig und süss. Aber dort sah ich einige unlustige Szenen. Viele Affen sprangen auf Touris, versuchten Sachen zu klauen etc. Und waren teilweise agressiv. Unser Guide ist gar nicht mit rein gekommen, da er schon schlechte Erfahrungen machte.
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The shimmering lights
Sometime during the night we leave the Gobi Desert behind and enter a new landscape of hills, farms and rice terraces. The train gallops on with a sense of urgency now - only a few hours and we will reach our destination - Beijing. It's hard to formulate an opinion of what we are seeing out the train window at this stage. The rural landscape is certainly different to anything we have seen on this trip so far and the villages we pass have that special China look about ...