7 Days Inn (Beijing Temple of Heaven)
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Inner City Contrasts
... but not inside (there were long queues of Chinese waiting to go in to pay homage.)
On the way into the Forbidden City we passed the army barracks where the soldiers who are responsible for the raising and lowering of the Chinese flag in Tiananmen Square each day are based. There was one soldier practising how to lower the flag (and from the look of it and the number of times he kept repeating it- he wasn’t doing too well). There was ...
Beijing or Bei-cha-ching Day 3
... was this park is that it is also senior citizen mecca. Look at the pictures to see dancing, exercise, games and gymnastics. Tommy even played ring toss by catching rings on his head and a badminton/air ping pong exhibition with the locals. He was pretty proud of himself.
From there we headed to old town Hutong. It was such a treat to experience life as they know it in a ...
Wide Awake In Beijing
... shadows moving through their neighborhoods. So different from when I first visited Beijing in the early 80s. The air was fresh and clean back then and everyone was on bicycles except for government officials: flocks of folks on bikes, and Mao suits still everywhere except for the colorful explosions of reds, blues and yellows in the clothing of the Chinese children.
Was it a better time for China? Well, at least the air was better for the 13 some ...
Pekin
oui ben je suis arrive en chine a 6h00 du matin apres un long vol de 12 vers la chine j etais assie a cote de l aile et ca fesait du bruit jai meme pas dorm en 30 heure mais apres mes journe etais mieux ca ma pris du temps a m adapter au decalage horaire et a mon lit ...
Home of the Emperors and other autocrats
... at the Palace Museum treasures. I continue to marvel how such wonderful things have survived the Cultural Revolution. The Red Guards are blamed, but I don’t suppose anyone wonders who created them. Now the attitude to culture is entirely different as everywhere, we’ve seen signs exhorting visitors to ' Please help to preserve the cultural relics.’
Later I bump into Bernard, who hasn’t eaten all day and suggest dinner at the ...
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