Park Plaza Beijing
No.97 Jinbao Street, Dongcheng District Beijing, 100005, China
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelPark Plaza Beijing
13 Hour Flight to Foggy (or Smoggy) Beijing
The plane ride from Chicago to Beijing lasted 12 hours and 50 minutes. It felt like the longest flight I've ever taken, though I have taken longer flights. Part of it was that the plane was packed to the gills and the other part of it was that the in-flight entertainment system was not operating. So it was a 13 hour flight without any movies or …
Whirlwind Tour of Beijing
Thursday got off to an early start when I got up early because my body hadn't adjusted to a time change. It was about 4:30 a.m. and I decided that I wanted to charge my i-phone. I saw the surge protector that I packed so I grabbed it and stuck it into the converter and then I saw a spark and then darkness. I blew the fuse in the hotel room. I had …
Oxymoronic Beijing
Okay, who's bright idea was it to travel to this cold cold cold city anyway?? Beijing was cold, very cold. But surprisingly, Ern and I had enough clothing to keep warm, not bad considering we only have one large backpacker's pack each. I only had to buy a hat, but other than that, we got by on 3-6 layers of clothes; suffice to say we had loads of …
4 words I never thought I'd say on a plane...
"I'll have the duck." I have flown first class before, but it was never like this! Dinner began with a beautiful crab cake, mushroom brie soup, and a field greens salad. For the main course it was either a filet, salmon or duck. I had the duck (of course) and a nice Sancere. For afters there was a lovely cheese assortment and a nice Port. Then my …



