Jinghai Hotel (Taipusi Street)
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Tiananmen Sq and the Forbidden City
... display with the Chinese Red Star smack dab in the middle. No signage explained why, but Erin gave me the rundown that China acquired quite a few of their foreign tanks that had been left behind or captured by China's allies. On top of the tanks, they had many anti-tank and aircraft guns, planes and warboats, and just to be civil, some wartime official transport cars. Nothing amazing, but not a bad sight to visit for free. At this point it was past 2pm, and a lack of any ...
The Journey Begins
What the hell am I doing, I'm thinking to myself right about now.
It's just past 7:00am EST and I'm sitting by a gate in Boston's Logan Airport, waiting to board a flight to Newark, where I'll transfer planes (after a brief wait) and begin my long anticipated journey to Beijing, China. I laugh every time I look at my two boarding passes -- the differences in distance are almost comical. The mileage of the first leg of my journey to Newark stands at 201; the ...
When in China...
... Department of the Confucius Institute. I felt like I was sitting at a meeting at the UN! The meeting was held in a beautiful conference room and had a LONG table in the center where we had the Chinese on one side, and the Americans on the other. We had assigned seating, were served Jasmine tea, and some of the other delegates who sat in the middle of the table were able to speak into microphones. It was a meeting like I had never been a part of. We were welcomed to ...
Exploring a bit more on our own.
... is that 6$ RMB = 1$ Canadian.
In Beijing, it only take 2RMB to take the subway, and if you don't come out from the system you can transfer as often as you want! It's a great price for a REALLY extensive subway system.
So we get on the subway system and we get off in the "district of embassies" where the Canadian, Russian, American and German embassies all are. There, there's also this great BIG shopping ...
Welcome to Beijing! (Again)
... the stairs, and James somehow managed to get his smaller roller up by himself. What a way to start the day....
After successfully checking in (FINALLY!!), we put together breakfast from various street vendors and a 7Eleven before taking naps and showering. We all stunk to high heaven from our treacherous journey between hotels and the overnight ride, and it was a great relief to be clean! The rest of the day was pretty chill, and we all felt a hundred times better ...
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