Nikko Beijing

... hard to get around! Broc was mad to go & see the 'Hall of Clocks',but we couldn't find it for ages & eventually found it at 4.05pm, but it had just closed at 4pm! Sickened! After the Forbidden City, we decided we head to an acrobats show! Got over there,got the tickets & headed for something to eat! the ony place nearby was a really posh hotel,so like the tinkers we hit in! Had my first experience with the chopsticks here & by god did I make some mess ...

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Forthwith the two friends rose from their seats, settled and paid their wine bill, and were just going, when they ...

Gisterenavond hebben we tot laat in de bar gezeten met onze nieuwe 'vrienden' haha. Na 10 laatste drankjes lagen we toch een paar uur later in bed dan normaal. Tja, dan schiet het 's ochtends allemaal niet echt op natuurlijk. Vandaag onze eerste indrukken ban Beijing. Schoner, rustiger en meer relaxed dan Shanghai. We hebben de "verboden stad" bezocht. Lange tijd was deze plek met paleis en tuinen, alleen voor de keizer. Het is echt ongelooflijk hoeveel ruimte deze blijkbaar nodig had ...

Jeg vågnede op mandag morgen i nattoget fra Xian. Jeg var rimeligt veludhvilet, man sover godt i sådan et nattog. Vi ankom på Beijing vestbanegård klokken lidt over 7, hoppede på en bus til den nærmeste subway station og videre med tog hvorfra jeg tog en taxi direkte på arbejde. Afstandene i Beijing er jo ret voldsomme, så en tur fra sydvest til mit kontor i nordøst tager let halvanden time. Jeg klarede mig fint igennem dagen på kontoret men nød dog endelig at komme hjem ...

... about the smog in Beijing and the atmosphere in the new stadia. So what's the talk around here in China after the Games? To be honest, life goes on. Most people I talk to seem proud of China hosting the Games, relieved there was no trouble, buoyed up by China's impressive gold medal take (was it drug-aided one wonders), and satisfied that China was able to showcase its new high-tech modernity. These weren't the Green Games China was hoping for. They weren't the ...

... in the popular Sanlitun area and asking them to sign pledges agreeing to not serve black people or Mongolians and ban activities including dancing. Bar owners said that police have been clamping down on black people and Mongolians, who are sometimes implicated in drug dealing and prostitution, as part of an Olympic clean-up campaign that they and locals fear will make for a secure but sterile Games. Maggies, Beijing's most ...

... of being invited in. The Summer Palace was built by one of the emporers for his mother's 60th birthday (Kelly...Ryan...hint, hint). We also went to Jingshan Park, where there are so many beautiful individual paintings on the various buildings. Chinese art is everywhere. It's magnificent. The weather was beautiful, not quite as crystal clear as on the previous day, but sunny and fairly warm. I can't remember what we've said about meals but they have ...

... the traffic is deadly. Manzhouli in China was an economic boom town, brand spanking new everywhere. the roads and traffic very nice. a truly bi-lingual city. Chinese and Russian. The roads in Beijing were also very good--a surprise for such an old city. Shanghai less so. Still I am happy to bid China farewell. One day i will return to Russia to visit the friends i have made there. For now its back home to the land of the bobbleheads.

... girl who was taking me to Shijiazhuang ´fan yi´ or translator. Then when everybody was talking to me at once one of the train workers came and tried to sell these wind up flash lights. She was giving this huge speech about them and nobody was even looking at her, haha. Finally people started taking interest... almost too much interest it seemed. Theyd take the lights and play with them for like 15 minutes. People kept on talking to me and at ...

... but then one put on a great butt scratching show. They were sooo cute, I spent my entire time in the zoo looking at them and skipped the other animals (this also had to do with the fact I had been told the other animals habitats aren't as nice as the panda's one and seeing them, in prison like cells, is really depressing). I stayed outside and had a look at the some dodgy DVDs on the street - however the issue came when all hell broke loss and the ...