Xicui Zhilv Beijing Guanganmen Hotel
Travel Blogs from Beijing
Grande Muraille nous voici...
... dans un restaurant situé au-dessus de cette fabrique et un peu de temps libre nous a été accordé si nous désirions y faire des achats.
Notre chauffeur nous a ensuite conduits pour la visite des tombeaux des empereurs Ming. Différents édifices, monuments et statues en pierre sont dispersés sur le site.
Sur le chemin pour aller au restaurant pour le souper, c'était déja la noirceur et on pouvait admirer dans certaines rues, de ...
It ain't half hot Mao!
... back to tower twenty two, Dan hopelessly sucking on his dry camelback pipe whilst we both rained a mixture of sweat and factor fifty suncream. Tensing brightly pointed out the path down, god knows how we missed it but we were in no mood to discuss it at this point. We thanked Tensing profusely, after all, if she hadn’t latched onto us, we could still be heading towards Nepal. We decided that we should give her some money, “How much for a tea-towel?” I ...
Arrive in Beijing
... would make sacrafices and pray to Heaven and his ancestors at winter solstice. As the Son of Heaven, the emperor could intercede with the gods, represented by their spirit tablets, on behalf of his people and pray for a good harvest. Off limits to the common people during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Temple of Heaven ...
China-Rundreise / Hongkong
... eine ging dann hinters Bett und holte mir überreichte mir dann das Handy! Meine Güte war mir das peinlich und das mitten in der Nacht! Leider konnte ich nicht bis zum morgen warten, da mir das Handy als Wecker diente und ich früh raus musste um meinen Flieger zu kriegen....uff.... aber die Jungs nahmen es relativ gelassen :-)
Mit dem Flieger ging es dann von Hong Kong nach Bali!!! Speziell – ...
First experiences in Beijing
... I've also seen lots of cool sights. The first day I went to the Forbidden city with a couple of people from the hostel. We got a tourguide to explain to us what all the buildings were. She was pretty good at english, but she didn't understand our questions. We guessed she just memorized the whole story. The buildings were really pretty, but all looked very similar. The same thing for every other building that served as a temple/house/palace for the emperor. After that ...