Yiju Hotel Beijing
No.60 Gulou Wai Main Street, Dongcheng District Beijing, China
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Peking (duck)
... following morning at the Mutiyanu stretch of wall – this is a popular section with tourists, however because of our early start we managed to get a cable car
up and have a 3km hike on the wall without any other tourists – just us and the mozzies! It was like a dream! By 9am while we were walking back down to town the tour buses began to arrive. It was a perfect 2 day trip where we didn't feel like we just ticked a box but coloured it too.
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Its Grrrrrrrreat!
... clutching their cameras. We are ready to go. We sit shoulder to shoulder and listen to Tony´s perfectly rehearsed history of the Great Wall, its construction, features and the various leaders and dynasties that added to its size and strength over the years. He explains that the entire expanse of the wall once stretched over 8,850 km (5,500 miles) and initially symbolized the unification of China under one emperor during the Quin dynasty. Later other emperors, most ...
Tidy but empty!
... if this ipod was theirs and I looked in disbelief as I began to realize that mine wasn't stashed in my bra as usual! It WAS MY PHONE! I'm totally perplexed as to how I managed to leave it in the bathroom stall! Glad to have it back, although it has been of little use to me on this trip! Not at all impressed with Verizon!
One thing to note, when we are given a time to depart in the US, that is the time the plane leaves. In Asia, ...
Forbidden City
So as I was on my way to the train station this morning, I saw a white dude so I smiled and he asked if I knew where to get a map of the subway stations. Turns out he's staying at my hotel and he was trying to get to the Forbidden City. I was on my way there so I told him to join me. His name is Remco; he's from Holland. The Forbidden City is ginormous and there are tons of people. It's hard to describe it, but it's basically ...
A Change of Plan
... a middle school. I wasn't overly happy about that as I had particularly wanted to go to Guangzhou. But there was even worse news. I would have to endure a 39 hour train ride from Beijing to Kunming. Oh joy! Words cannot even begin to describe how I'm feeling! I've never been on a train longer than 6 hours before!
Unfortunately, I haven't really taken any pictures here in Beijing as I thought I ...


