Zhaojialou Hotel Beijing
1 Front Zhaojialou, Dongcheng District Beijing, 100005, China
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798 Arts District
I began my day with a cooking class (Yunnan cuisine) and Hsing-ay and Kaela visited with Aunt Yun and Uncle Zhuang (who came by for a visit). It was a nice morning for all of us. The other big event of the morning was placing an order with Taobao with the help of Cindy (self-proclaimed Queen of Taobao). Taobao is the Chinese version of ebay/amazon.com. You can shop for near anything ...
The Best Place to See The Great Wall of China
... 8217;t have to wait for people to move out of shot was an added bonus!
At the beginning, the trek was easy but the further along we went from Jinshanling towards Simatai the Wall gradually diminished from wide to almost non-existent with very steep steps and with loose stones and bricks. At some point, my guide and I were discussing the possibility to leave the wall and walk alongside it until we reached Simatai. It was a good idea but the fact that you wouldn’t be ...
Heerys, Hats and Humiliation
... corner it's only natural for your curiosity to be peaking as to what form of organised humiliation I will have to endure over this important Christian festival. For the doubters out there, CNU have managed to equal the levels of humiliation set by my role as the Magic Mirror in selecting myself along with a few other classmates to take part in sports day. Firstly, yes, our 'University' has a sports day for which we will be given a whole 2 days off from ...
Bex and becky in china PART 2
... was really nice the bex and becky stayed in for some sleep catch up and me and ben went out to look around. the downtown area of taishan is quite horrible, imagine the in-shops in chatham, then imagine that kind of area times by china and you have a pretty good idea what it was like. weirdly there were vending machines on every corner, not so strange you would think, but these were filled with sex toys and noodles, every single one ...
A weekend in Beijing
... the local 'Mc Noodles', this is how I call the many quick noodle chain stores that supply the workforce with their daily bowl of nutrition. Not far from our hotel there is the famous Silk Market. A little bit like the grand bazaar of fake brands. It's an eight story high complex filled with market stalls selling the latest LV bags, Polo shirts and Gucci belts. And me, being a big white tourist, I was the main target of the pushy sales girls. Every one of ...



