Jiuzhou Homeland Business Hotel Beijing

... but we didn't give up!! Got the bus back to the hostel & hit off to Silk St, which is a big market, selling loads of fake stuff! spent awhile wandered around there (Broc bought a Ferrari top for half nothing) before heading back, was a bit of a long day! Think the fresh air got to us!!

Monday 12th Oct
Today we headed for 'The Summer Palace'! Its where the Emperor spent his summer away from the heat of the 'Forbidden City'! It seemed to be just a big park with a ...

It was no earlier than the second watch, when Feng Su returned home; and they, one and all, pressed him with questions as to what had happened.runescape accounts
“The fact is,” he explained, “the newly-appointed Magistrate, whose surname is Chia, whose name is Huo and who is a native of Hu-chow, has been on intimate terms, in years gone by, with our son-in-law; that at the sight of the girl Chiao Hsing, standing at the ...

Arrived about 6am into Beijing airport - made it through customs with no probs and found the train into Beijing very easily. Next challenge was to find the hostel - was not far from train station though we had to weave through throngs of cars and bicycles all wanting to squash us. We were too early to check in so we left our bags and went on a wander. Ended up at Lama Temple after quite a walk but at ...

... kr) for den. Det er altså en ret høj pris for en fake taske! Jeg fandt dog en lædertaske, som jeg fik pruttet ret langt ned i pris. Det hjælper, når man fortæller dem, at man faktisk bor her og ved, hvad man kan få taskerne for i Shanghai, hvor de kommer fra. Jeg var hjemme alt for sent og slugte hurtigt lidt aftensmad (som nok nærmere var natmad) før jeg gik i seng. Det blev en uge med planer for hver aften. Onsdag mødtes vi en stor gruppe praktikanter til middag, før ...

... re all new to its absence here. Beijing's throaty love call, heretofore as prevalent as the call of crickets on a muggy summer's eve, has suddenly dwindled down to the frequency of an owl's sporadic hooting. The barbarian obsession with queuing has seemed to take root, also. One can only conclude that politeness propaganda, the ads and banners, proved effective. Most likely, though, it's a case of a dinner party host carefully avoiding four-letter words. Winter should ...

... six big bars and restaurants inside the Beijing Workers' Stadium compound - where Olympic soccer matches will be held - have been ordered to shut ahead of the Olympics and during Games time. Hundreds of armed checkpoints on the main roads coming into Beijing were introduced two weeks ago, and non-Beijing-registered vehicles have been banned until after the Olympics, a move that is causing massive delays and extra costs for businesses.

... everything's just BIG. speaking of big, the forbidden city leads out straight into tiananmen square, the largest square in the world. it looks exactly the way it does in pictures. the thing about the kind of bleakness that can only be captured by communist practicality, is that it is what it is. it can only be portrayed in its bleakness, and in no other light. the same stahlin-esque drabness, manifested through pure focus on function and opposition to aesthetics that you see all ...

... of water, we put on plenty of sunscreen and our funny hats, and we set off for a 10-kilometer hike to the next access point, at Jingshanling. I'd read several articles about the Great Wall, so I knew that it was sometimes steep and not always in the best condition, but words cannot convey. I'll try anyway. Several years ago, I did a 12- or 14-mile hike with my friend Linda to Mystic Lake, on the north side of Mt. Rainier. This hike along the Great Wall, at ...

Saying farewell to Shanghai and making my way to Urumqi, not by choice, but my travel agent said there was no way to avoid and overnight in Urumqi on my way to Bishkek. The good news about this little stop over is that I believe there's a street vendor or two that sells the most amazing flat bread just a few blocks from my hotel. Seasons and cooks it right there on the sidewalk. I hope my memories is serving me ...

... Het is een 2 kamer appartementje met een keuken/badkamertje/ woonkamer en een ruime slaapkamer (met airco!). De ligging is enigszins achteraf, maar dat maakt het wel leuk, veel contact met de Chinezen. We spreken met Bruce af dat hij ons morgenvroeg komt halen voor onze eerste werkdag op het kantoor, we zullen dan ook een simkaart kopen en een tweede fiets regelen, waarmee we naar het bedrijf kunnen peddelen. Rob en ik besluiten om onze koffers uit te pakken. We komen nog ...