Beijing Jun Wang fu Hotel

After checking into our Hotel, Beijing's' "Jun Wang Fu," a traditional courtyard style of construction dating back to the Qing Dynasty, Charles took us to a traditional dinner at the "Peking House Restaurant."  The dinner consisted of a range of ...

... we tried them-yummy!), new "silverware", and customs- so much that we are enjoying every moment here!  Currently we are in Beijing, our first stop, for a total of eight days.  We have chosen a few images to share so far, and will have many ...

... ), sharing of art, and simply looking at what each artist had to offer.  The artistic language of the contemporary art in Beijing is astounding. We learned many facts such as there is only a 20% margin of women artists in the contemporary scene and ...

... City.  We took a few hours and roamed the multiple buildings, courtyards, bridges, halls and gardens.  We returned to the hotel for a brief stay, where we were finally able to connect to the internet and off to dinner!  We dined at the ...

... astound you when we return.   On our sight seeing adventures we visited the "Fragrant Hills Park," the magnificent "Beijing Botanic Gardens," and  "The Summer Palace."  After spending hours walking around these ancient marvels, we ate ...

... and beef, tofuish warps made from vegetables, and a blazing Hunan pork dish that made Lek think Thai's were in the kitchen.  Beijing home-style food, Beijing beer.  The highlight of the meal was the troubadour, guitar and harmonica strapped, ...

Wake up call at 7am!  Another day of sightseeing and nonstop action!  We began our first dreary day (a little cold and rainy by heading to the Great Wall at Badaling (the most famous tourist part of the wall.) Halfway there, we decided to ...

... .  The trip to Xian was very smooth and we arrived safely by 2:00pm.  We checked into our very modern- fantabulous hotel just outside the city walls.  Xian (Chang-an) is known for its City Wall which was revived and still remains around the ...

... the toilets). Our guide found us and we collected another 6 people then set off straight out of Xi'an. Not as busy as Beijing but still quite a traffic nightmare. Apparently the metro (N-S) is nearly ready and the W-E one is next (the city hadn’t ...