Beijing Sweet Garden House

... around. And of course there are pool side massages and an attached spa and a small walkway leading out to the serenity garden overlooking Beijings shopping district. At about 730 or so Daddy and Maija finally work up and we headed to the executive ...

... .  The driver even called up an English-speaking friend on his cell phone to make sure of our destination.    The Beijing subway was super clean, and not as congested at expected.  Seeing as there are only two major lines, they run ...

... ending we both had sore feet and hobbled back to the metro and the hostel. Both of us agreed we have enjoyed visiting Beijing and have been surprised how modern it is besdie the remnants of old Beijing with the maze like Hutongs like little rabbit warren ...

... gigantic marionets, one of a terra cotta warrior and one of a little girl, that were used in ceremonies during the Beijing Olympics... They were sponsored by the Chinese government...and Johnson and Johnson... Amusing.  Emperor Qin's mausoleam is in ...

... shirts and the walls are covered in pictures of Mao. A huge bust of Mao sits on a windowsill overseeing proceedings. Beijing Huiling is a unique non-profit community organisation. It is tucked away in a narrow hutong and offers innovative services to ...

... was 15quid!!! Well and truly ripped off!!! We got back on the plane for only an hour and a half, then we arrived in Beijing, to there bloody winter, which me and Nic were both unaware of until Kathmandu!! Went through arrivals and grabbed our luggage, and ...

... , Cambodian New Year, or preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games.  I'm pretty upset at myself that I wasn't able to find a Beijing 2008 t-shirt once I finally decided I wanted one, but I'm sure it's one of those things you can find online, ...

... Local beer for 10yuan (1 GBP) and I had a Coca~Cola for 5 yuan (50p). Apparently Yanjing is the original name for Beijing. The Coke can had a really funky oriental golden swirly design on it instead of the normal boring red pattern. On the way out we ...

... , securing all those O levels, before attending Charter House at Cambridge have lead to a very dicey career as a Barkeep in Beijing.  I'm sure that will be the highlight of next year's Christmas card letter. Anyway, we have adopted Luke and Coco's ...

... time to get to the stadium and we didn't want to miss Steve Hooker's medal ceremony.   We drove back through nightmarish Beijing rush hour traffic, the driver got confused about where we wanted him to drop us so that added an extra 20 minutes or ...

... not much due to the pollution and mugginess), and couples sitting side by side on paddle boats, laughing and kissing. Quite sweet indeed. Beijing is the third most polluted city in the World, we didn't see the sun the first three days there. ...

So I arrived afer a soft sleeper journey from Beijing, i wasnt too impressed with the sleeper despite its added comfort of only 4 beds and tvs, radio , headphones, I actually thought the bed was harder than the hard sleeper. After getting to the Koala ...

... yellow mucous but I still wished for a duck bill N-95 respirator. us in the square:  jason and I in Tiananmen square, Beijing, china I wear a onesie:  I don't know if all men are required to serve in the police or army.  but their uniforms ...

... Jinan is 6,000 Yuan a month. Wal-Mart pays only 700-Yuan a month, minimum wage, in China as everywhere else. I see Beijing's subway managers have found a source of revenue Toronto might copy: ads on the exit signs. On the YongHeGong station platform, a ...

... our abilities to describe their scale and impressiveness. We reveled in the unexpected (and hard-to-find) peace of the Summer Garden in Beijing, and marveled at the intricacy of a half-mile covered walkway featuring over 10,000 hand-painted panels. We saw ...

... to get all our stuff together and turn in hotel keys and stuff, it was pretty sickly early. But when we got outside Beijing was just stirring into wakefulness. There were plenty of cabs and work crews out already. Lot of pedestrians and bicycles roaming ...

... get to hear up to date news and potentially controversial stuff!   It was much cooler and less muggy by the sea than Beijing, which was lovely.   Monday the 17th of July. Jiaoshan section of the wall then drive up to Panjiakou. I had a ...

... that morning. We felt a bit funny eating this cheap (but delicious) food in our posh cabin!    Close to Beijing there were quite a few high mountains and gorges with rivers and lakes beside them. We also passed by parts of the Great ...

... , I got Spaghetti Bolognese, because I LOVE that. We also got a really good garlic bread type appetizer. We tried the house wine in semi-sweet and dry, they were okay, although my wine jugging abilities aren't very good since I have never actually drunk ...

... before he felt this house was too cushy.  He spent his final 11 years on a simple house on stilts.  Surrounding the houses, was an extensive garden and a little lake supposed made from a bomb crater, but the lake was not circular enough to be a ...