Jinming Hotel Beijing
No.2 East Binhe Road, Youwai, Fengtai District Beijing, China
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Temple of Heaven
... taxi. Dat is niet makkelijk te winnen want als chinezen ergens goed in zijn is dat onschuldig lijken en dan a-sociaal voordringen. Na 40 minuten heb ik een taxi maar dan moet ik wel extra dokken, op de meter doet hij het niet dus dokken we 15 euro, maar ja voor 45 minuten rijden is dat eigenlijk nog niet zo gek. Het moet maar. We zijn blij als we in het hotel zijn en hebben alleen snel een glimp gezien van het birds nest. Snel de natte kleren uit en naar bed, het was een lange ...
All that is Beijing !!
... City is at the very centre of the world.
This ‘Forbidden city is a conglomerate of small homes and businesses surrounding this ‘central palace’ and appears to be very old in both infra structure and culture. Here the ‘old’ ways have remained virtually untouched the centre piece of the Forbidden City is the TIME TOWER. Here a huge stone tower houses ten or twelve huge hanging drums that are ‘struck’ in unison to ...
Crush Course On Chinese Tea At A Tea House
... in total. Magnificent, I only thought brewing whiskey was so complicated, never understood that tea was too.
And towards the end, of course, there are no free meals. They were trying to sell their tea leaves to those ...
The dreadful Silk Market-Foreign chaos at its best
... than what one of my classmates paid, but perhaps more than another classmate. oh well, I did get 6 nice items for this price!
I also bought a chop for myself for my chinese brush paintings. I hope to have time to paint again once I graduate grad school. This chop is fancier and more artistic. Many artists have their own creative chops made so they can be distiguished from others who might have the same name.
After the exhausting day, ...
The Great Wall
... just eaten a load of fat and oil it was delicious! We were able to see the ducks being roasted over the fire and then they were served to us, including the head! There were lots of other dishes too - chicken, beef, vegetables and mushrooms - it was a real feast! Leah chatted to us about some Chinese culture and the atmosphere around the table was good. She also gave us some words of warning about some scams that we may ...


