Baota Hotel Beijing

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....ach ja, der/die Erste der/die sich ins Gästebuch traut wird zur großen Filmvorführung im Haus K. mit üppigem China-Buffet eingeladen !!! Also , keine Scheu ! Würd mich freun zu hörn ob euch das überhaupt interessiert was ich da so von mir gebe . Mir machts jedenfalls einen Riesenspass :-) - Ausserdem ists schön was von zhaus zu hörn...

bis dann

Zi Schi

( aus dem Land der Chinesen - und des etwas "eigenartigen" kulinarischen Geschmacks ;.) )

We had to be back at a reasonable hour this evening as we had the meeting for the start of our tour. After that we went out for dinner as a group and tried some of the local delicacies. Day 1 of our tour was a big one - a 10km walk on the Great Wall of China. I lost count of the number of stairs that we climbed up, some of them were so straight up it was more like rock climbing! We made it though, and it only took us about 3hrs 50mins ...

... twice - there was James standing and waving 30 feet away! We were close enought to throw a rock at him. We watched the rest the events and relaxed. James had been at last night's track and field and had remembered seeing a lot of people from the lower decks leaving early by 9-10 o'clock. He had a good idea of how we could sneak down past security if we went through the press aisle. Jen used to work security at the UofM hockey stadium in Minneapolis and knew well about ...

... of what it would be like. We saw the Olympic complex including the "Water Cube" and the "Bird's Nest". I can understand why the athletes complain about the air quality, but I woke up and went running every morning in Beijing and never had any problems. One morning I went running with Mackenzie and we stopped to stretch in a park where people were doing Tai Chi and getting some morning exercise. An older man came up to us ...

... across the lake back to the entrance. There wasn't a lot to physically see here but the area was so beautiful I can see why they escaped here in the summer. The last activity of the day was a rickshaw ride. Diana and I rode together and they took us through one of the oldest residential neighborhoods in Beijing. Many of these courtyard based homes have been torn down to build stadiums and parks for the Olympics but we were able ...

... imperial retreat of the Qing dynasty, but it will always be known for the following names in my book: Temple of the Sea of Wisdom, Longevity Hill, Garden of Virtue and Harmony, Garden of Harmonious Pleasures, Hall of Benevolence and Longevity, Precious Clouds Pavilion, Dragon King Temple, Hall of Jade Ripples, Tower of the Fragrance of the Buddha, and last but not least, the Temple of Timely Rains and Extensive Moisture! I walked ...

... szobatársam próbál Mohameddel egy beszélgetést összehozni, de több benne a testbeszéd, mint a koreai beszéd. :-)) Szerintem nagyon jól sikerült! De kiváncsi vagyok, hogy nektek, mint kívülállóknak mi a véleményetek róla!? Várom a kommenteket! Szóal: Kína, egy régi, na jó pár éves álmom. Méghozzá azóta, hogy Lafi barátnőm először kiment Kínába tanulni egy évre. Akkor már azt gondoltam, hogy most vagy soha, ha tud szállást adni, meg kell látogatnom, mert a ...

... 1989. This image comes alive when you enter the square. Mao's huge portrait still hangs on the gateway where he proclaimed the founding of the Peoples Republic of China on October 1st 1949. Both Jena and I found that we were very moved at the square. It has a strong physical and emotional impact, more than we anticipated. In the center of the square is the Monument to the People's Heroes, erected in 1958 and decorated with bas-relief pictures of moments in ...

... couple days. Where's Pierre?" The timing of this e-mail could not have been more perfect. It was my American friend Brendan, the guy who had endured me as a tentmate for 2 weeks while on the Africa tour in January (you may remember this guy from my January 20th and ...

E sembra che qualche buon frutto sia arrivato. Dopo il triste passaggio all'ambasciata dal Giappone eravamo abbastanza demotivati e stavamo per abbandonare tutto quando, durante l'ultima ricerca nipponica, ho trovato un appiglio....un gancio in mezzo al cielo:(non ricordo la canzone citata ma mi sembra ben che ci sia una canzone che suoni puo' o meno cosi'.....spero di non stare citando Masini) www.giapponegiappone.it Un sito sul ...