Beijing Novotel

... at 12.30 pm in Beijing. Clearing immigration etc was straight forward and we were met by Leon who brought us to our hotel, Beijing Novotel  Sanyuan, where we are staying for 3 nights. First impressions of the ride in are lots of green areas, cherry ...

... (they still had enough energy to try and sell us chop sticks and T-shirts while walking!) Part way through our time in Beijing we sadly left the Novotel and moved to a tiny room, with dodgy toilet and noisy bar further north in the city ...

... dagen later dan gepland vertrokken vanuit Bali direct naar Kuala Lumpur waar hij zijn visum gehaald heeft en doorgevlogen is naar Beijing. Vanochtend rond zevenen plaatselijke tijd is hij geland en kon hij gaan wachten op mij. Dat ging dus bijna mis door ...

... found out that there was a lunar eclipse happening in a few hours. We were lucky enough to see this clearly when walking around Beijing later that evening. The taxi queue was the longest I've seen - probably 250-300 meters. There were all sorts of guys ...

... . Upon arriving in Beijing, we quickly passed immigration and picked up our bags for the ride to the hotel.  The Novotel in Beijing was wonderful - very contemporary and close to many of the sights (and shopping).  We meet up with a few more of ...

... finally get to bed. I woke up to paddy fields and mountains which were a refreshing change from Mongolia. We arrived in Beijing at about 3.00pm this afternoon. After eventually getting some money changed we went to McDonalds. Nigel and I then went ...

... não perdemos, rs. Pegamos o nosso voo, que foi curto e tranquilo, e chegamos no novíssimo e impressionante aeroporto de Beijing (construído para as olimpíadas). Logo na saída encontramos o nosso motorista, que rapidamente arrumou encrenca com outros ...

... a bicycle.  60 cents later and I was having a great start to the day.  I walked around and soon learned that Beijing is a very modern, clean, and new city.  They really did an amazing job getting the city ready for the Olympics and further ...

... busy day in Beijing, and I am really sad to leave the city. This morning we woke up and went straight to Beijing International Studies University. It is one of the more prestigious Universities, and it specializes in Tourism and languages. We got a ...

... fended off the UV rays. At the end of the trek, I fare-welled my local farmer guide Joe, took a photo of him and Derek together and undertook the 3 hour drive back to Beijing. Upon arriving, I had dinner and went out shopping... To be ...

... van waaruit de Chinese keizers van de Ming- en de Qing-dynastie hun rijk bestuurden. De in de Chinese hoofdstad Peking (Beijing) gelegen stad werd gebouwd en voltooid onder de Yongle-keizer, in 1422. De Yongle keizer pakte de wederopbouw groots aan. Hij ...

... in the end my 'superior' chinese ;) gets me silk pajamas for my mom for about $3.50 each). A particularly interesting part of Beijing to me were it's hutongs, traditional homes dating back to the 13th century. The only problem was that more were smashed ...

... that not everyone can afford to buy a car yet because it is one busy place. Most of the tourists we saw in Beijing (I'd reckon over 95%) are Chinese themselves. Still plenty of Europeans but we didn't see many European kids there (not exactly school ...

... welfare TV screens that were directly above my head. I tried to sleep a lot but wasn't very successful. We finally arrived in Beijing, greeted by the windy skies that has left us feeling a bit queasy. The weather here is really nice and sunny, with a ...

... for the lake/bar area of Houhai. This is a cool area, lit-up bars and shops surrounding a small lake in central Beijing. We had fun visiting a few local spots and somehow found energy to enjoy dancing till 1:00am before making ourselves go back to ...

Hi! Ni Hao! I arrived in Beijing yesterday afternoon and met a senior couple who are on the tour with me. Can you believe they are from Langley?? I tried to see the Olympic venues, but you can't get even within viewing distance if you don't have an event ...

... the land around there is home to many fruit orchards to supply Beijing. This evening we went to an acrobatics show in the main Beijing theatre, which was pretty good. Food was next, and it was the usual selection that had been pre-decided so we could ...

... simples e bonita. Compramos um DVD e poderemos mostrar depois. Na volta para o hotel também demos um CD do Fabio para o nosso motorista que agradeceu muito, mesmo não entendendo uma palavra do que dissemos, rs. Dormimos já nos despedindo de ...

... Sin-Shu rsrs). Depois do café conhecemos a Catherine, nossa guia, que nos acompanharia durante toda nossa estada em Beijing. Após uma breve apresentação fomos para o carro, onde nosso motorista estressado nos esperava para iniciar o nosso tour. Nossa ...

... were days of extreme cold and mist, then stripping down to a t-shirt in the heat. Everything was 2-3 times more expensive. Beijing was a completely different cityscape and layout then Chengdu or the cities of the south. It's broad and expansive, with ...