Chengde Hotels - Comments and Reviews

June 6- Imagine traveling through the Chinese countryside on a comfortable spacious train, the hills unfolding before your very eyes! Well we had to imagine it too b/c we managed to miss the 6:30am train leaving Beijing's main terminal for Chengde by 4 minutes. Four little minutes made the difference between a 4 hour luxury trip and a psychotic ...

Po nekaj dnevih v Pekingu sva se odpravila v nekdanjo poletno rezidenco kitajskih cesarjev, ki je znana po tem, da nudi v casu poletne vrocine bolj znosne temperature. V preteklosti so se cesarji vsako leto vsaj za 3 mesece, v casu ko je bilo v prepovedanem mestu v Pekingu bilo vroce kot na zaru, umaknili v mestece Chengde, kjer so se prepuscali...

Jojo, zmokli jsme jak slepice pri ceste z chramu do mesta, a to jeste na vypujcenych kolech. Ta jsme schrastili premlouvanim zamestnancu hotelu, protoze ve meste neni ani jedna pujcovna. {Vice pozdeji]

So the weekend comes and you are feeling adventurous and with strong urge to challenge the roads North of Beijing This is where you decide to take a road trip of roughly 150 miles from Beijing. The destination is Chengde - an old imperial resort North of Beijing. Yes, this is definitely an adventure. Here is a summary of the trip and some photos...

The first thing on our iteneary this day was "Sledge Hammer Rock" a natural rock formation that looks really man made. We took a cable car to a plateau from where you could walk to the rock. I had a really nice talk with my class mate Heidi in the cable car. From this rock we were taken to a glass factory where we could see how they made various...