Ao Xiang Ge Hotel Beijing

... des francais qui nous ont montrer comment se rendre a la Grande Muraille parce que sinon fallait prendre un tout inclus qui etait 350 kuai. On va s'en tirer pour 50 kuai. On y va aujourd'hui. Le cafe internet est vraiment classe ca l'air d'etre une grosse business ici. Chaises confo, ils te demandent de montrer ton passeport pour louer ton heure d'ordi, qui coute 30 cennes.

Dans la rue de notre Hutong (ghetto chinois) y'a une femme de joie dans sa petite ...

... to dodge the beeping taxi in the same lane.) Anyways I am skipping about, so I’ll begin at the beginning.

It all started with a shower.

The bathroom had no divider or wall dividing the shower from the rest of the restroom area. I figured this would not be a problem as there were two drains in the shower area so the water would not pool as long as the showers were kept short. In my mind I applauded the design as being more eco-friendly, literally forcing ...

... Now there is a nice density here, like a community," said Mr. Ai, who still serves as artistic director of China Art Archives and Warehouse (200 Caochangdi; 86-10-8456-5152; www.archivesandwarehouse.com). If Mr. Ai is the area's star artist, then its social hub is the hip warehouse gallery Universal Studios (A-8 Caochangdi; 86-10-6432-2600; www.universalstudios.org.cn) with its bohemian cafe and bar serving no-nonsense fare like beef noodle soup. Nearby is the ...

... with 3 tiers sitting on 3 tiers of marble, apparently all wood with no nails rather impressively! We escaped into some of the exhibitions even though they weren't in English, just to warm up. Well below freezing here in Beijing this time of year. This Hall is connected to the following hall by a 360m long raised walk way. The second section we had entry to was the Imperial Vault of Heaven, fairly similar design but not ...

... though, because he refused to bring his daughter. "The Chinese kidnap blond haired children," he had been told or read somewhere. My favorite part was the gardens at the rear of the palace. One of the rather large vases was designated for trying to throw coins in its uppermost apparatus, not an easy venture, but definitely a fun one. When we crossed the moat again to meet up with the rest of our party, we were surrounded by gangs of Corona Bike sponsors (I didn't ...

... He said meteorologists have made preparations for artificial weather modification since 2003, especially on reducing rainfall, but admitted that the technology still has limitations. "Artificial weather modification could be useful when a drizzle occurs," he said. "But in case of a heavy rainfall, no one can help." According to Qiao Lin, CMA's chief weather forecaster, official weather information for the opening day of the Beijing Olympics ...

... Remains And Can Never End." It was cute, although sometimes did not make sense, or was random, like "C.H.I.N.A; Come Here! I Need Affection." We had homework time for most of the afternoon. At one point, swimming class was going to be conducted with the navy (the navy school is next door to the school), but as the weather was unforgiving, we were forced to run laps of the quadrangle. There was no teacher supervising, so many children played games, but my new friends ...

... the first and each getting further apart the further out you go, like a ripple in a pond. I live just inside the south-Eastern most corner of the 2nd ring road and across the 2nd ring road to the south is my bank and several others; to the west is a more major CBD area. I decided it was worth trying closer and after a long walk that ended me nearly to the CBD to the west anyway, I found an ICBC that opened on a saturday from 9. Hurrah! Except, it was 9:05 and ...

Well, here's a small run-down of must-know-about Beijing: - all the registered taxis have the sign on top. All fares cost 10 yuan (1 euro) (get-in fee) plus 2 yuan/km (20 eurocents). The price per km was 1,20 o nly one year ago. The drivers seldom speak English, so it is advisable to have the name and address of your hotel written down in Mandarin. Most hotels actually give away business cards with such information. - friendly people on the street wanting to have conversations with you ...

... komen zijn er drie opties qua vervoer; 1. de bus, 2. de taxi en 3.de fiets. Gezien de fiets de goedkoopste optie is, en we van het bedrijf een fiets kregen, zijn we bijna iedere dag naar werk gefietst en hebben de buurt een beetje verkend per fiets. Fietsen in het drukke ochtend en avond verkeer is een hele belevenis en vereist veel concentratie en oplettendheid. Gelukkig zijn er voor fietsers ook hier fietspaden aangelegd, dus je hoeft niet langs de auto's ...