Beijing Guest House

... land is that one is able to experience the gradual shift in culture, language, religion, people and landscape. Travelling from Beijing to Tashkent educated me in the similarities and differences between the various cultures along the way Kyrgyzstan was ...

We put the ordeal of the Shanghai to Beijing train journey down to experience, took a hair raising taxi ride to our guest house and grabbed a few hours much needed sleep. We'd decided to stay in one of the traditional Beijing hutong areas which was quite ...

... ' when it comes to the internet, so I'll leave it at that. On one of the evenings I went out with a few people from the guest house, over to the expensive part of town, it was still less than 2 pounds a beer, but that's expensive over here (try 20-40p, ...

... try to fit lots in tomorrow & am hoping that it won’t be as busy with it being Monday. When I got to the guest house about 8pm I asked the young woman on reception about booking a train to Shanghai for Wednesday but she said there won’t be ...

... I had taken my jandels off at the zoo & had been walking round barefoot for over 2 hours when I got back to the guest house – so my second foot operation was a success as before it I couldn’t walk for more than about 20 minutes without ...

... Tiannanmen Sqaure. This is the spiel the hostel quoted on its website: “Living in the guest house can help you get a better understanding of Beijing’s local life. You could never get the same feeling and travelling experience without staying ...

... something Chinese kids called Holly, Bruce and William (their English names of course, given to them at school) and the guest house’s miniature poodle, Mao Mao (named after the Chairman, of course). Courteous, friendly, endlessly helpful, they ...

... 8217;s help, that it was a knocking shop!! We began to think that our guest house was perhaps on a street of brothels!!! At the guest house Jean discussed with the man on the desk about a trip to the Great Wall & Ming Tombs in the morning. After much ...

... City, Tienanmen Square and other famous Beijing landmarks which I will be exploring over the next couple of days. Tonight at the guest house we had a dumpling party. We sat around a table and made dumplings from scratch, under the direction of the ...

... heure de taxi, on se dit qu'il y a un serieux probleme d'echelle sur les cartes: cette ville est immense!!!! Notre guest house est geniale, une ancienne maison chinoise traditionnelle (le vrai nom m'echappe pour le moment), dans les Hutongs de Beijing. ...

... Dynasties". From Taiyuan, I phoned "Harmony Guesthouse" whose owner, Jipu told me that someone will pick me up. I stayed at the guest house for 2 nights and enjoyed my stay very much. The guesthouse has a family atmosphere with Jipu's wife and two kids ...