Himalaya Hotel Beijing
Building 1 Ditan Bei Li, Dongcheng District Beijing, China
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The Great Wall
... 220–206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains; the majority of the existing wall was built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
Badaling is the site of the most visited section of the Great Wall of China, approximately 50 miles northwest of Beijing. The portion of ...
All that is Beijing !!
... everything from the vast selection. We were going to seriously put on more weight if this was to be the norm for the next few days ! Who can resist fresh, hot and homemade pastries and bacon and eggs EVERY morning when you have the option?
We were to meet at 8.30am in the foyer to begin our 4 day tour and meet our Tour Guide ‘Rose’. We joked about ‘who’ may be included in the tour group. We decided that it would be mostly ...
Cathing up with mates in Beijing...and hooters!!!
... d been told the best place was stay around Tiananmen square, close to the tourist hot spots and still in the hustle and bustle, so that was our target. I think due to the fact we were in an illegal taxi she pulled up about half a km from the square demanded many then helped fling our bags to the pavement before peeling away leaving rubber evidence on the road about where she’d been. We hoofed it along the great red wall that lines the sides on the forbidden city ...
Tain An Men Square, Children's Toy Store, and plan
... A little less order in exit and entry compared to the TTC, but quality wise much much better. Navigation was great with signs and LED displays inside the subway train.
The square is huge, and the building of the People's assembly is massive. I would loved to have gone in, but that was not the plan. We walked through the square. There was a huge line that moved very quickly to see Chairman Mao's masuleum. We walked to the north of the square and naturally went into ...
On the Wall
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We passed on through about 5 towers and finally decided to stop (because of the time) at an ancient old toilet block !!! We took HEAPS of photos, as the views are spectacular. Mao said ‘you have to climb the wall to be a hero’. Well we passed the tower where this was quoted so we must be super-heroes!! There were interesting sites all the way including a large collection of padlocks symbolizing the many couples who were married on the wall ...


