Jiuhua Resort & Convention Center
Travel Blogs from Beijing
Beijing - Train Adventures
... me, breathe..... We soon adjusted our morals and mobbed towards the gate and our carriage. Here we found our soft-sleeper cabin with four beds, we were to sleep in the top bunks. On the bottom was a Chinese guy around our age named Leio. His English was very good and we talked for a couple of hours about China, Australia, politics, language and he showed us his amazing pictures from his recent honeymoon in the Maldives. By this time, it was 10.30pm and we all hit the hay, my ...
China: Part I
... travel. This created not only a major source of frustration, but also a sense that we were like walking ATM machines. Every time there was an agreement on price, it always seemed to go up at the end. The problem is that in China, many travel related services do not accept foreign credit cards, one must have a local credit card to use. To book any travel, including airline, trains, busses, there is a way to book on line; however, ...
Ni Hao!
... one doing the bullying should see this movie. Other than that, I read all of the second installment of the Preacher comics, I figured out that there are nine in total and can't wait to get my hands on the next one (Thanks for the new addiction Ryan). I was going to do that last 200 pages of Game of Thrones but I guess it just wasn't in the stars :P They treated us like rock stars and fed us like 7 course meals. My throat was still bugging ...
It's nice being back in the classroom
... there and either do my homework or write small anecdotal articles. My boss even said on Monday how much better I am speaking, which I proceeded to tell her it it because of my comfort level.
Monday after work, I took a trip to the Silk Market by myself, and made an adventure out of it. Not to brag, but I am an expert bargainer. It probably doesn't hurt that I speak some Chinese. And that I made sure to tell the vendors 'I speak Chinese", so ...
Made it back alive even with my crappy Chinese!
... stage and old pop music was blasting too loud for us to communicate beyond 2 inches of talking space. It had its charm, I suppose. But it wasn't for us so we ordered our drinks then moved on again...
Salsa Caribe. The "best" salsa club in Beijing, according to local media and China's version of Yelp. I can't say it was all bad, though the appeal was good enough to make this first trip my last. The music was too sporadic ...
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- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Fitness/Health center
- Business Services
- Free parking