Oakwood Apartments Beijing

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I took my floodwater shower with bemusement, flipped through my Chinese book to the Renting an Apartment chapter, and wrote a letter for myself. I then marched out, determined to walk into the nearest Wudaokou real estate office and hand over my apartment note I had scrawled on a notebook piece of paper…. What I ended up walking into was a boy (tout) trying to force me into getting a haircut. At the sight of my blonde hair a random street guy comes up to me and ...

... his bedroom, I delved into my bag and brought out a present from Mongolia. Having not met Dudu before, I wasn't sure if it was going to be suitable, but I needn't have worried. As I pulled out the traditional Mongolian wrestling outfit and Daniel explained it's purpose, Dudu began bristling with excitement and before we had even finished doing it up, he had flown into the first of his many macho poses. Sensing the danger, Tao Tao made a quick dash ...

... pekne draho a ze tedy turisticky ruch je dost neprijemna zalezitost. Nejen ze na cloveka kazdy prodavac pokrikuje, ale jeste pokrikuje anglicky, coz je samo o sobe dost desne. K tomu se pridava jeste mistni vyzdoba a pak taky ceny, ktere prodavaci nasazuji, to ma clovek spis chut jim zbozi otlouct o hlavu, nez se dal bavit. Nasi nejvetsi chybou bylo, ze jsme v patek odpoledne vyrazili nakupovat na turisticky dost frekventovanou ulici (bysme tam jinak ...

... Ed felt like he was famous too! People kept stopping to ask for him to have his picture with them, and one guy even asked if Ed would sign his cap! That blonde hair is certainly a hit with the Asians! I must look normal by their standards as no-one is interested in mousey hair! I'm quite the photographer now though and Ed is quite the poser! Once we had finished our walk on the wall we went to the Great Wall Museum where we saw a reconstruction of the wall and how it ...

... 2005. Spending by urban residents increased by 51.8 percent to 555 billion yuan and for rural residents by 36.2 percent to 222 billion yuan. The per capita spending by domestic tourists last year rose 10.6 percent from 2005 to 482.6 yuan. The per capita spending by urban residents increased by 23 percent to 960.9 yuan and rural residents, fell by 2.2 percent to 222.5 yuan. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2 008-08/28/content_6977376.htm

After landing we had to go through the passport control and customs in the new terminal of Beijing Capital Airport. It's much cooler than Heathrow's T5, an amazing building. After leaving the airport and stepping into the humid morning air of Beijing, I took a shuttle bus to Dabeiyao, near the World Trade Centre, and had a little chat to a dude from Tahiti. The bus journey was pretty chilled and quick as the streets were relatively empty even though it was ...

... who were wearing t-shirts, were uncomfortable. We worked out the SIM card problem and went back to the hotel room to get some jumpers. We wanted to go to a market, and we remembered that there was a nearby market that we went with Nana and Pa and Nanna Joan in 2007.We tried to remember which way it was. We walked for a long time and decided that even if we didn't find the market that it was a nice walk anyway. As we walked, we found that we were the ...

... the late 1700's as an imperial retreat. Some of the notable features are the Stone Boat made of marble, the Tower of Fragrance (which we didn't climb) and the Long Corridor which is 728 meters long and is painted with over 14,000 scenic paintings. After we viewed the Stone Boat, we took a boat (wooden) across Kunming Lake to the 17 Arch Bridge and then drove back to the hotel, driving by the new Birds Nest Olympic Stadium, where ...

... I had just done. We picked up a few more items then came back to the dorms to wait for our roommates to arrive. My roommate is named Wang Ni. She is a young woman who attends a unversity nearby. Our first meeting, although awkward, was very nice. She is amazing, trying to teach me and my friends as much as she can. After a meeting with the directors we all took our roommates out to dinner. We went to a nearby dumpling place and for less than $2 each we got a huge amount of ...

... out of nowhere the party died and I took off to some bars with one of Julia's roomates, Nate, and some other kid, Ryan. The bars were crowded. I remember doing a shot of Bacardi. Next thing I remember I was in some room with Ryan and a whole bunch of Chinese guys he knew. The room was lit up neon red. We drank there and then took taxis to a few places. Ended up hanging outside of this club that was closing. Supposedly this was ...