Beijing Lodges - Comments and Reviews

Today we went to the Forbidden city even though half of it was under construction for the Olympic games. It was very interresting. We went for a little walk that lasted two hours to find the underground city. We didn't find it so we went to the Temple of Heaven instead. Which was very nice. I bought myself a new pair of shoes at the market. Mum ...

so, the schedule was to meet in the hotel lobby at 7:55am and leave at 8am. I woke up at 8:20 and was downstairs by 8:25. No one was around but fortunately I had my tour guide's cell #. He turned the bus around and came back to pick me up. Walking from the hotel lobby to the bus, with all the tourists on the bus watching me, was just like the wa...

Some text messages you don't forget. "You like BJ?" she'd asked innocently. Fortunately I wasn't eating or drinking at the time as I'd have choked. The nuance and the innuendo of the English language come to the fore again! Asking whether I like Beijing is of course a perfectly valid question, and I do. It's not the most amazing place I've ever ...