Jinjiang Fuyuan Beijing

... it. My hotel was in the south and the people reckoned it should only take a few hours...so three hours later when i discovered i'd taken a wrong turn and was on the western edge of the city i thought i'd better cut my loses and just jump on the metro. Whilst the walk was awesome and i got a pretty good scope of the city the metro was clearly the way to travel. Fast, efficient and ...

... to Whistler, New York & Las Vegas to talk to their tourist Offices and were denied the Visa. He also stated that the Canadian Government will not allow any more Chinese people to immigrate to Vancouver. Apparently Vancouver has a large enough Chinese population!!!

Beijing has several very interesting structures. The CCTV building is one. I have inserted a picture of it at the end of this blog. There were so many that it was ...

... and has strange weight machines (in case they didn't look enough like torture devices in America). It also includes swing sets, a fun pedalling thingamabob, a multi person "cross country skiing" thing which is more fun than working out, a ladder, etc. Must of the equipment looks really strange because they only have low weights on it (you can't change them) and so the other side has a spot where your partner can sit and you can lift ...

... s address was written in Mandarin on a post-it note. I showed it to the taxi driver. On the way, we passed the first gate to Tiananmen Square, brick red with cobalt eaves, hunching over the eight-lane highway. Peter's apartment block, The Lotus Pond, is a collection of pink buildings on the same highway, neither natural nor pond-like, further to the west. I spied his address on one of the buildings; if I hadn't seen it I would have ...

... Shaped by erosion over time, the rocks come in all shapes and sizes. The only thing marring this idyllic scene was the presence of the other 100 tourist boats! It was basically one long convey that set sail in the morning with a bit of jostling for position along the way. Jing Jing said that this time last year 10,000 people per day travel this stretch of river and this year it was only 3,000 as a result on the strict cut backs on visas issued prior to the Olympics. I have not been able ...

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... to the very top (that audacious little critter...).  As punishment for trying to be higher than the emperor, the caterpillar was struck by lightening.  Though it was completely destroyed, it was rebuilt according to its original plans.  In fact, the four large pillars inside the structure come from Oregon...  This is only a brief introduction to Tiantan. After Tiantan, we were free.  John gave us directions to the Hongqiao Pearl Market, which was nearby.  A group of us headed ...

... and about $20 more than the tickets price) but we now appeared to have tickets. We were told to wait in the train station restaurant until called. The train arrived at 7:30am and was due to leave at 8:10am. At 8am we were still waiting. At 8:10 we were still waiting. Suddenly the "silver fox" told us to grab our bags and run...We got to the train where numerous dollars were exchanged with a train conductor, and the next thing we were in our cabin and the train was off. Who ...

Hello! We arrived in hot and steamy Beijing yesterday afternoon after coming by train from Mongolia. After a week of sickness, we are feeling okay so far. Yesterday we walked down to the back of the Forbidden City and climbed Jinshan Hill ...

... Buddhist complex at the foot of Yuantong Hill. We sat and listened to an afternoon ceremony, which came to an end with chanting a manta whilst walking around the temple. We were touched by a lady who gave us some sweets to present to lord Buddha as an offering. We ended our day be having dinner at a vegetarian restaurant opposite the temple. We had an lovely meal of vegetarian version of crispy duck and lotus roots for 44 yuan (1 pound 50p each).