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A Beijing Saturday in Tiantan Park
... a two hour train ride outside of Beijing. But once we figured out how to get tickets from the gigantic Beijing Railway Station, there was literally standing room only and the prospect of standing in a train for two hours left both of us cold. So I suggested Tiantan Park and the Temple of Heaven, a relatively straightforward subway ride. We took the Line 5 subway to the park’s eastern gate at Tiantandongen Station. t’s just 10 RMB ...
The capital of The People's Republic of China
... you from every angle. The Houtongs are a maze of alleyways filled with inhabitants going about their daily business as they have done for hundreds of years; trading, building, chatting, playing drafts of street corners. I saw many of the sights including, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. Both were hugely impressive in the sheer size and how they dominate the centre of the city. Tiananmen Square I particularly enjoyed, watching the hoards of ...
Dumplings and Hutongs
Well, now that we knew what time we were actually supposed to be at the school, we (being me and Chris) ate breakfast a little earlier and got to school earlier. Personally, I thought it would be fine if we came in a little later, but that could just be me being lazy. Today's culture class for the students was calligraphy or 书法 (shu1fa3). Thankfully I didn't have to translate anything this time, but I had to help set the ...
Things getting more and more interesting!
... prijsje op de kop kon tikken. Uiteindelijk contact gehad met een verkoper en naar de andere kant van de stad gegaan met de taxi om de fiets te bekijken. Een Chinees meisje kwam de fiets brengen die van haar Ozzie vriendje was maar die was bezig met een project. Voor een goede 80 euro de fiets gekocht en terug gefietst door de stad naar het hotel. Toen het ik de slag zo lekker te pakken dat ik meteen weer richting de bergen ben gefietst, totaal 35 km.
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Great Wall of China!!!
... at some parts and the stairs (on the parts that actually had stairs) were probably each two feet tall. That really got the legs feeling like jelly. The way up was pretty exhausting, but of course the way down was more painful on the legs, so we took a rest halfway down and got a few beers to enjoy on the wall. It was a pretty cool moment sitting down in the sun, not a cloud in the sky and looking around to see the Great ...