Intercontinental Beijing
No.11 Financial Street, Xicheng District Beijing, 100140, China
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I walked down to Great Wall
... br> Kazdopadne pocasi mi uplne nepralo, jelikoz bylo dost zatazene. Ale samotna prochazka a lezeni po zdi je skvele. Urcite to po pravu plati na prvni prickz TOP 10 China. Badaling je usek plne zrekonstruovany s lanovkou, jakou horskou drahou, vsude plno obchodu s cetkama, predrazenym jidlem, atd... Ta lanovka vypada jako zhyralost a nesmysl, ale vlastne neni. Kdyz jdete po zdi, tak je to dost do kopce:). A vzhledem k tomu, jak ...
Big, Grey and Ugly
... this appears to be only a couple of blocks - though in fact it takes 45 minutes!
Beijing's initial impression is one of enormity, greyness (not just the weather, the people aren't as colourful or as cheery as those in Japan), ugliness and traffic fumes. Dinner is at a restaurant a short distance up the street from the hotel. It's got a large notice in the entrance saying it got a Grade B from its health inspection and that customers are advised to eat in restaurants with ...
Beijing - first impressions!
... you stand at the reception desk, you typically will not hear, "Hello" or "Can I help you?". You need to make sure that they see you and also that no one cuts in before you as frequently happens. The Chinese are still in the process of learning about good customer service. It reminds me of Poland before 1990 where the customer was often viewed as someone attempting to disturb their repose.
At restaurants you will usually get chopsticks so I would ...
Celebrities
... god there were other people in there. I asked how much a large Bayswater was 600 pounds!!!!!!! We promptly demanded to leave and they wouldnt let us till i said i would not spend more than 20 and they chased us out!!
The next day we woke up to see the Great wall of China. To be honest its more like the alright wall of China. It was so misty all we could see was mist and more mist. Our very sweet chinese guide wouldnt let us take the stairs up to the ...
Trans Sibearian is done!
... Definitely seeing the price benefits of eating as a group. We ordered the hot pot; a massive urn of boiling water with spices that you cooked your meat, noodles and veg yourselves. So fine! After trying to find the Underground City for about an hour - special thanks to Lonely Planets least detailed city centre map, either that or Mau really did keep a good secret, we gave up and returned to our hotel ready to meet the new group.
Edit (now turns out its closed for safety ...



