Hotels in Beijing - Prices and Reviews

Am nächsten Morgen schaut die Welt schon wieder bisschen anders aus. Natürlich würde ich noch gerne weiterreisen, aber ich komme zu der Einsicht, dass es für jedes "Projekt" einen bestimmten Zeitpunkt gibt und dass es mehr Sinn macht, jetzt mal die Gegenwart zu geniessen. Die Weltreise kommt dann schon auch noch - ein bisschen später halt. Wir l...

Good news: my first week of classes is over. Bad news: second semester goes much too quickly in China. But it's been a good week. A relaxed week. A fun week. Thursday was good night, a bunch of friends went to our favorite Uyghur restuarant (they are a minority people in China with amazing food. Amazing food.) Anyway, we hadn't all been together...

Back to work for the last days of the Spring Festival...nothing to report, but after work on Wednesday...well, let's blame those crazy Germans. I am working in the International Broadcast Center, where an empty space about the size of 20 airplane hangars is being prepared to host the world's media covering the up coming Summer Olympic Games. Con...

Back from Xi'An and still drunk the next morning from Mike's birthday celebrations, we had a gentle day for all involved as Mum's knee, Dad's ankle and my conscious state were all a little iffy. So we took a stroll down the famous LiuLiChang Art Street and I finally bought a painting from an artist that I really adore, having been there many tim...

My first touristy thing was going with Tash to the Temple of Heaven. It was just goregous actually, a walled huge area full of trees. Very soothing. I might go back just as a place to chill for an afternoon. We came in the West Gate which I read was the best way to go in because that is how the Emperor used to enter the Temple. His entrance was ...

Takeaway's from Beijing: 1) Everything is in characters - there is very little in English which should make the Olympics next year pretty interesting. 2) The Forbidden City is ENORMOUS (covers 720,000 square metres) 3) Pictures are a good thing when it comes to ordering food 4) Public bathrooms are interesting 5) People make fun of us everywhere...

I have just finished an expensive bottle of beer (10yuan - about 70p) and am waiting until after 11pm when I can get one for 2yuan! Tomorrow I will begin my Trans-Mongolian adventure. I'm meeting the other people going through the same company and, more importantly, the lady with my passport and tickets at 7am at the train station. That means a ...