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So we just got to China, after an epic train journey. Almost everyone on the train was western as it was the weekly train UB to Beijing so we made lots of friends. English, Americans, Dutch, Swedish, was a party! There was rousing classical music as we got in to China and we got to see them change the train bogeys (wheels) as Chinese tracks are a …
Happy Spring Festival, sponsored by....
Happy Spring Festival for yesterday everyone! It was the first fullmoon after Chinese New Year so the whole of Beijing went mental, there was fireworks absolutely everywhere last night, it was crazy, people were just standing on the pavement letting them off. But anyway lets go back to a couple of days ago when we got here, first thing we have to …
Celebrity!
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." -Genesis 1:27
When we were visiting all of the big sites in Beijing (The Great Wall, Tienanmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, etc.), I was actually quite surprised that we were some of the only Caucasian people there. Many of the tourists were Asian. Though as I thought about it I realized that Asians ...
The Great Wall of China
... to city otherwise we'd be stranded. It was an awesome experience though and we spent most of our time on the wall stunned and amazed but loved every second!
It was another long coach journey back but as it was our last night in Beijing, we had decided to treat ourselves to some more Beijing Duck and hit the local restaurants. Once again it was delicious as we devoured the great tasting duck dish with pancakes, spring onions, cucumber and hoi sin ...
Survey, Kung-fu and Opera
... After kung-fu, plus some lunch, it was time for the afternoon excursion into Beijing. This time, we traveled to a shopping mall in Xidan and students all had with them a survey that they had to question shoppers with. The survey was about people's shopping habits and tastes. In order to get to the mall, all of us took the bus. Not the shuttle buses that we usually take; public transportation. It was a risky ...
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