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Todo concluye al fin
... s de un año y medio de viaje pudimos llenar de contenido un montón de países que antes no eran más que líneas en un mapa. Ahora somos capaces de mirar un mapa de China y recordar la cantidad de horas que pasamos viajando de un lugar a otro. También podemos mirar uno de India y saber el calor sofocante que hace por esos lugares en Mayo. Conocemos el color del mar en Malasia, el sabor de la deliciosa comida que sirven en Tailandia, la precariedad en ...
Beijing, day 3 and the night market
... are escalators everywhere, but not many stairs
It is really cheap getting around on the train (about 20 pence) no matter how far or short
The stations aren’t really long enough, so there are no doors in the train, you can walk the whole length of it, and it’s quite good watching it twist and turn as it follows the tracks
Come rush hour, it is a crush, everyone pushes in, if the next stop is yours, you have to struggle to get off, ...
Hiking Along One of the Wonders of the World......
... the hostel to set us up for the day, we made our way to the subway station to go to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Stadium which is about 45 minutes out of central Beijing.
Once we arrived there, the size of the Bird Nest stadium took us back and it was also quite surprising to see it is still a popular tourist attraction. As we will still be away when the London Olympics are on this may be a trip we have to make when we get home too!
After a little hunt around ...
Why don't you ask the kids at Tiananmen square?
... Tiananmen, we visited one of the coolest buildings I have ever seen, the newly constructed Beijing Opera House. This building is basically half an egg on it's side that is surrounded by a pool of water (and I mean surrounded, like you actually walk in a hallway under the hallway to get there) that is covered in metal and glass so the sun reflects off of it just right. Photo-ops? I think yes. Also, in the park around the opera house, ...
Forbidden City
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We had free time in late afternoon so we set off on a walk round the block near the hotel. We'd heard the complaint that the hotel was in the middle of a run down area, which it was, but it was interesting to wander through, seeing how the locals live and make their living. We shopped in the supermarket, where we had fun failing to find denture fixative, looked through the fruit and veg market, and took photos of all the unusual things going on. It’s certainly not like ...