Yong An Beijing
A5 North Nongzhanguan Road, Chaoyang District Beijing, China
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Best Birthday Ever
... and thrust a small shot glass goblet into Willie's hand, and 干杯-ed some 白酒. If you've ever had 白酒 before, you'll know that its akin to paint thinner.
Walking through the Friendship Store, I came across a foreign currency exchange desk. I wondered how much the NZD was worth, but it was not one of the 15 currencies on display. Walking away, I wondered just where I had placed my NZD. Then I realised, I had left it hidden in ...
Tour Launch with Quackers
... crafts emporium and do some poking around for gifts for the welcome and farewell dinners. I love that I found the farewell gifts already, and don't have to think about that anymore (although they are a bit heavy and I have to schlep them on two flights).
One person's flight is delayed, and he will miss the welcome dinner. The rest of us gather at 6pm for a cocktail, and to get to know each other ...
Luoyang here I come!
... would shout out things like “do
you want a purse Beautiful?” one guy yelled out “I love you
beautiful” as we walked away from his shop. I did buy couple more
things here, I have the patience and skill for bargaining and
negotiating and so I got all the gifts and souvenirs for great
prices. One lady called me “beautiful and cheap.” I was just
being smart though, because they raise the prices ...
Beijing - Homestay
... time (when we are due to start a train journey through China to Hong Kong). I remembered the hotel (featured on Hotels.com) and the types of room they had. We decided to pay a little visit to the hotel and have a look at the rooms on offer. Standard room, Deluxe room....and a Suite. Unfortunately the room rate on display for the suite was £180 a night! Damn. We decided to forget about the glimmering seed on an idea and face facts - it was us and Guanyan for the next four weeks.
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Beijing Bites Back
We left Beijing under a cloak of smog. We re-entered it... under the same damn cloak! It will hardly be news to you that Beijing has a real pollution problem. Well, one Beijinger told us it wasn't to do with pollution at all, but a product of dust from the Gobi desert in the north mixing with the warm winds from the south of China, but the 3.15 billion tons of coal China looks to burn this year alone, must also play a part. For the first two of our 4 days in Beijing, ...



