Hotel Ibis Beijing Sanyuan

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... give up a seat for my mom since she's elderly, and this society has a built in respect for their elders thanks to Confucius (I wish we could adopt this custom in the States)<br><br>e) a lot of times people would give up their seats for the kids, especially Elise &amp; Henry<br><br>The Palace was very nice and cool with the lake breeze and made for a pleasant afternoon relaxing as we walked throughout the grounds ...

... group of 10 having all these discussions in English after what we've experienced, but it was fun. We went downstairs for awhile and then the DJ stopped and a guy dressed in traditional garb with a guitar took the stage. Josh had just been telling us about "throat singing," an old Mongolian art form where you can produce two tones at once through the manipulation of your throat... That's what the guy on the guitar was doing. Only it was funny ...

... mørke og kulde. Derfor delte vi også en taxi det sidste stykke ind til centrum, en metrotur virkede ikke så fristende. Heldigvis skulle vi begge til Houhai. Jeg havde nemlig en aftale med Anthony og nogle andre om middag og efterfølgende tatovering. - bare rolig ikke til mig. Vi spiste på et lille usselt sted, og jeg kom, da folk havde spist det meste af maden. Nadia, som er praktikant på det samme sted som Anthony, skulle have farvelagt en enorm tatovering p ...

Despite the expectation that China might open up a little more, and that the Games would be a catalyst for this change, instead it seems China has become more authoritarian and restrictive. This from Canada.com Stress on 'harmony' keeps lid on religion Close to 300 million Chinese consider themselves religious Douglas Todd Vancouver Sun Saturday, August 23, 2008 Chinese Catholics, Muslims and Buddhists openly practise their officially sanctioned religions, but the Communist ...

... also a manager there. They're both incredibly attractive and very wealthy. I lifted for a while and then swam with Melissa and Rachel for a couple hours. Rachel lived in Switzerland for five years for college and an internship. She talked about how much better it is to live in China because there are "more opportunities." Beautiful and wealthy, she's in a good position to say something like that but with all us foreigners flocking to learn Chinese ...

WEEK TWO SUNDAY We hosted a church service for others in the area.  These loving people graciously helped us make contacts who might aid us in our independent research projects.  It was lovely getting to know each of them. After lunch, we met as a group and headed to the Temple of Heaven (Tiantan).  The Temple of Heaven is even larger than the Forbidden City... perhaps 3x as large?  The emperor would come here once a year to perform ceremonies for around 4 days.  These ...

... we had only walked about 2 blocks and this fellow started to follow us. He did this for about 4 block until we turned and gave him the Heave-Hoe thrum and he walked away. We were nervous, but though he may have been looking for $$. We made it to Silk Alley, about 8 blocks away and started to do a little bit of shopping. What an experience that was. As soon as you entre the parking lot the vendors are all over you like the ...

July 19, 2007 Beijing, China Today is our day to see the Great Wall. We take the blue Metro (subway) line from the south end of Tiananmen Square to Jishuitan station. From there we walk a few blocks to the Deshengmen gate, one of the old gates of the city wall, back when there was a city wall. Around there we find bus number 919 which takes us to the Badaling section of the Great Wall. This is the most popular section of the wall. It is extremely crowded ...

Am in Beijing.... Yesterday we arrived at the station at 6am, got to our Hotel (City Cntre Youth hostel- not bad), and left again at 9am. First stop Tiananmen Square. Our Chinese tour guides dont seem to have any idea of the iconic significance of the square with regards to flags and tanks imagery, to them its famous because its the biggest square in the world. Not surprising really I suppose 'the News' here isn't exactly objective; bad ...