Marriott West Beijing
No.98 Xisanhuan North Road Beijing, 100037, China
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The Great Wall and Olympic fever
This is the last of four guest blog entries from my parents. Once again my comments are in brackets [like this]. We arrived safely in Beijing on Tuesday to begin the last part of our time together. We had a reservation at the Marriott Beijing West Hotel using Dad's points. After our wonderful experience in Shanghai we weren't quite sure what to …
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Pushing Hands and Standing on Meditation
The last 3 days were spent in Beijing being a tourist and we did the usual things of experiencing the very easy tube, Tainamen Square and the 3 hour trek on the Great Wall.
I knew the Wall would be hard but my word, wasn't expecting the beast of steep steps up and down. But so worth it and the sense of achievement is immense....until you start the descent on the stairs - this weirdly seems to be the hardest part with shaky legs and start to feel the age!!
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Beijing 5: Serenity, now! (aka Riding the Rails)
... to the public and not the reverse. Obviously, this proved an intellectually interesting concept to many lords, but a huge annoyance in practice. After all, to be under the power of your subjects meant that as you raised taxes and lived luxuriously, you ran the potential of being legitimately overthrown. Thus, Confucius returned home to the Song state without having gained much traction in the leader’s opinions. However, his many disciples were ...
Midnight in the heart of Beijing
... was intimidating at first sight. This terminal is massive. According to Wikipedia, in itself it's larger than all of London Heathrow Airport's five terminals combined, with 17% to spare. It's divided into two sections, and when you arrive you immediately have to get on the inter-terminal people mover (train) to reach the main section of the terminal where incoming luggage and customs are located.
I followed the group ...
Touring Beijing
... kids are.
This hotel is very swanky. Doorman at elevator to push the button for us. About 10 bell men, doormen and desk staff eager to help us wandering souls. I understand that we should not expect this at our later hotels.
Building architecture is quite eclectic. Rounded, tilting, odd geometric shapes, holes through building. Each trying to out do the last.
Check out the photos later today on snapfish, password proctor. Photos ...



