Quality Hotel Wangjing Beijing

... national holiday begins on the 29th and as we have found makes travelling almost impossible as all Chinese are travelling. Our hostel was closing as in our area close to the forbidden city no one can leave their houses for 3 days while they have special parades through the square! Obviously you dont want to be stuck so we needed to get a train ticket. Of course our hostel tried to book one for us but they told us no tickets. We were getting ...

... of b*rg*ining for sc*rves, jewellery, m*jong sets, p*intings done solely with the side of people's h*nds *nd * pig torch th*t you ch*rge by winding, our shopping needs were h*ppily fulfilled *nd we were re*dy to he*d for H*rri's fin*l night out- to * little club c*lled Prop*g*nd*. This club, *lthough dingy is THE pl*ce for the student set, loc*ted *s it is ne*r the student *re* *nd on the night we went, w*s p*rculi*rly more filled with men th*t women (something i h*ve yet to see ...

... onze onderbroeken morgen hangen. Op straat waarschijnlijk. Maar ach, we zijn hier pas 3 uurtjes, we hebben biertjes cola-l;ight, uienringen en patatjes als avondeten. We voelen ons helemaal thuis. Beijing is bij aankomst al anders dan Shanghai. De mensen zien er anders uit en lijken vooralsnog beleefder. Vanavond is het te laat om op avontuur te gaan (ook hier rijden de metro's tot 22.00 uur) en tja, ik moest natuurlijk de schoonmaak doen. Morgen een nieuwe dag, ik heb er zin in!

... only to have them re-filled. Well two more days in Beijing and them we fly to Kunming. I miss everyone and everything, such as skiing!!!!!! So enjoy skiing everyone who can! Tell us all how you guys are doing and see most of you next summer! Tara  Well, Tara has filled you in on our last few days.  We are enjoying Beijing immensely apart from the cold which is hard to get used to after Africa with the added fact that we do not have the correct ...

... we decided not to eat out. My father's house-keeper cooked a few dishes and we had a good super at home. For the first three days in Beijing, the temperature reached 35 or 36 Celsius with high humidity. It was so unlike the Beijing that I knew of 20, 30 years ago. People told us that these days were the hottest days ...

... Chinese government could decide what the Chinese people felt about some issue. They could turn on and off public opinion," Restall said. "Now, the Chinese people themselves decide when their feelings have been hurt or what they think about some major event." Chris Oliver is MarketWatch's Asia bureau chief, based in Hong Kong. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/b eijing-games-test-chinas-readiness/stor y.aspx?guid=%7B61F3E48F-CD3D-4D6A-B874- 2CAC31EFA0AB%7D&dist=msr_1

... each side, and it goes on for miles. Unfortunately, my inferior technical apparatus prohihbits me from uploading pictures of Chao Yang Park and Hou Hai (and Reine :) ) at this time, but soon, I promise. On to what I do have pictures of. Some of my adventures in Beijing. You know, it's the simple thing that we take for granted. Eating, for example. I decided to try my hand at cooking. Now I rarely get the benefit of the doubt back home ...

... load it up. Well the trip in about 50 yrds to the Air Canada Check in. "$12 Please". Ha Ha... Oh well. Our flight was very good. We left at noon wed and arrived about 1pm Thursday. Lots to do on the plane, we watched movies, played a few games of chess, ate, lunch, then about 7pm we had...lunch, and we also had, you guessed it, Lunch just before touch down. The food was really great much to ...

... area of Beijing is a little further on out on subway line 2. By the time we get to the Indian Embassy the visa section has closed. Throw in a few stops for shopping and by the time we are back on Tiananmen Square it's time to eat. Having a "Peking Duck" and seeing the Great Wall were the only things Arvid knew he wanted to do in Beijing; it's too late today for the Wall, so we start looking for the Duck. You can find roast duck in just about any restaurant, and they even have ...

... as our stomachs can take - pancakes, water chestnut, guiling gao, preserved fruits, a bai zu specialty called 'grilled milk fan' which is a pastry that is made of milk and yogurt. also did some admin stuff such as buying air tix as well as other necc stuff such as sun block and batteries. it was so difficult to find good sunblock in KM. found this french brand vichy, but it costs S$50! the most common brand of ...