Ziyu Hotel (Zhongguan Road)
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Boxing & KTV
... br> A nice quiet night in on Thursday watching a film,and a good old catch up with Colleen, much needed & much overdue!! Had a bit of a homesick wobble this week, we've been here 6 months today, so think we've entered another stage really, and with Christmas coming up it feels very far from home. Missing everyone lots, and have had a few tears, but to be expected I guess. Still loving it here but sometimes it's tough.
Last night was the Internations party at ...
Last Train to Xi'an Central
... the button to request a code. The locker sprang open hitting Dan squarely in the forehead. “I must have wronged someone in a previous life” he moaned. “Never mind mate, this place we’re going to, we have to go right past ‘Bomb Chicken’, remember you wanted some?” “Oh yeah, brilliant” he replied, beaming happily.
We left the hostel and headed towards the ‘Bomb Chicken’ shop, ...
First day of classes and Temple of Heaven
... photos since they were so popular but eventually decided against the idea since it was so ridiculous.
The first thing you notice when walking into the Temple is that it is...circular. According to a sign in the front, the thing in the middle is called the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest. Unfortunately, they don't let you go inside the Hall, but there are open entrances where you stand and take pictures of the inside ...
Hitting the Wall
... surrounded by a wide moat and 10m high walls. You have to pass through 2 massive gateways separated by a couple of 100 metres before you even reach the first outer courtyard.
The temples and pavillions in the outer courtyards, where state business was conducted, are very grand while the actual living quarters are more humble. A beautiful garden at the back completes the complex.
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Too tired to think...
... one special. We picked what we wanted from the menu, and they even took the left overs home. Traffic in Beijing is horrendous! I can't tell how big it is because it seems we don't go anywhere when we are n the car. In fact, it is so bad that there are restrictions, for example tomorrow all cars with license plates ending in either a 1 or 6 may not drive in the city during the day, and for most of this year non-Beijing cars could not drive during peak hours either.
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