Xin Jie Kou Hotel Beijing

... to show off their city, to the apartment and then both jumped out to check the area out and then wouldn’t let us pay for the taxi! Both of them were really sweet and so kind to us. The boyfriend then wrote down on a piece of paper in Chinese for us a sentence for taxi drivers saying hi where we live and how to get there – it has come in useful a few times.

A welcome note from James BS as he was in a Chinese lesson, so cup of tea and a shower!

... person."
The Red Flower Society always took care to repay its benefactors and to exact revenge on its enemies -- hence the fearful reaction of the Zhen Yuan agency men.
"What relationship is Zhao Banshan to you?" asked Lu.
"Brother Zhao? He is third master of our society."
"So that's it! Just what your Red Flower Society is involved in, I don't know. But Zhao and I would willingly die for each ...

... a steel-railed toboggan down the mountain from one of the high points, but we skipped the rides and did our exploring on foot. There were massive empty parking lots near where you began your hike, so it is possible that we just happened to visit on a quiet day.

The day before we departed Beijing, we visited a popular weekend market to get our haggling fix. Wandering around, we picked up some locks with tumblers with Chinese characters inscribed upon them instead of ...

... con in China seems to be rather a foreign object and this fan is useful. I was lucky i brought this to Hainan. The weather was steaming hot there and the buses -even hotter. Without this, i would have actually fainted from the heat. Note: It is also very useful if you have come out from a rather smelly loo- you want to fan away the bad smell from your face! p/s: the hand model is my lil bro. 2. Vapor Rub I learnt after my first trip how useful this can be. Chinese ...

... which came as a bit of a surprise to me; I guess he speaks Spanish, Mandarin, Shanghainese, and English. When we left the garden we got cornered by this random group of girls who just wanted to speak english with us. There were like four of them talking to both of us at the same time. Came outta nowhere. We eventually got away from them and kept walking around. We saw a bunch of little kids playing with some puppy; we asked them whose dog it was and some ...

... Internet, we have chosen the CITS (China International Travel Service) of Guilin www.chinahighlights.com. The organization of these excursions, has been perfect and precise: in Xian, Datong and Chengde we had a guide and a driver with a minibus only for us, so we could visit all without to lose time and the restaurants and the hotels were ok too. We have been very satisfied with their services and ...

... flight were the toilets used behind our seats as refuge for the nicotine slaves...how lovely that they should share their nicotine with the rest of the plane. I was sucking at the air vents... Nearly there was the cry - Mike, how long to go....30 minutes until we land in main land China....Throughout the flight we had been educated by the stewardess in her best Chinglish...and now was no exception - Very please lady and gentlesmen, thanking you for flying with China ...

... must have "nice" things to show the tourists! By complete chance we emerge from a street opposite Nan Luogu Lane - the street leading to our residence. The adventure is over now that we know where we are. We have a quick meal at a nearby restaurant that has been recommended by Xiaojing. Armed with the menu in Chinese and Xiaojing's translation of the vegetarian options I am able to order without worry of ending up with dog soup. Suitably fed we make our way to Lama Temple. The ...

Day 16: Journey home July 15 - Sunday After breakfast, you are free to pack, to rest or to do some last minute shopping. Then transfer to the airport for your return flight home; arrive in U.S. later today. (B)

Kung Hai Fat Choi!! So goes the greeting for the Chinese New Year, as I have been told by many people as I was growing up. If, however, you want to feel clever by saying that to a local of Beijing, you will soon know better. I tried that line on many friendly faces throughout the city, and the reaction was almost always the same. Picture yourself reciting the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities, to your trusty dingo. Her head tilts to one side, as ...