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Travel Blogs from Beijing

Le repas vegetarien le plus incroyable du monde!

A travel blog entry by danou_z

Mon collegue m'a emene decouvrir le resto vegetarien le plus incroyable du monde: The Pure Lotus. C'est au fond d'un parking, mais au fond. Et quand il fait -12 dehors, la traversee d'un grand parking a pied se remarque au bleuissement des oreilles... Mais bon, le truc est incroyable: ca a l'air d'une tente de l'exterieur mais non, ca n'en est pas …

Beijing

A travel blog entry by rainylin

1st: 28-30 Sep 2008

Hmmm quite a tiring day... I only got about 1 day to travel around Beijing.

First night, me and my friends went to HuaJia YiYuan Restaurant SiHeYuan Branch, ate Peking Duck and other delicious foods.

The next day, we went to Forbidden City. It was so crowded there, since they're celebrating …

Horking, chicken feet and being the freakshow

A travel blog entry by mchawkrighttrip

... and narrow streets. Now most are being torn down because they aren't great uses of space so highrises and highways are being put up instead

6) Everyone rides a bike, scooter or electric bike. Most have trailers for groceries.

Our hotel isn't exactly a hotel. More like a hostel; we have three single beds. When we arrived it was around 8 am but we slept till 2 so we wouldn't pass out from exhaustion. Then we went out for lunch at a noodle place and learned ...

Temple of Heaven and the Acrobatics Show

A travel blog entry by 2porkbuns

Today we finally had the chance for a much needed lie in! We got up and grabbed some breakfast then headed out for an easy day wandering Beijing. We got our travellers cheques changed at the Bank of China for a much better exchange rate than we got in the UK which was a nice surprise! We wandered down to the Temple of Heaven, another of Beijings historic parks. We found people doing the usual tai chi and dancing, and rather ...

A weekend of parks & stadiums

A travel blog entry by tracy-andy-pez

... got a bit expensive after happy hour so we went to our favourite 1F bar to finish off the evening.

Lovely lie in on Saturday followed by an outing to Jiangshan Park, just at the North exit to the Forbidden City. It’s one of Beijing’s few central hills and the earth was excavated to make the Forbidden city moat. It’s also said to protect the palace from evil spirits and dust storms which can occur in the spring time (the ...