Guest Houses in Beijing

... 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 ...

... roles we switch. I am good at researching places, making sure we know a bit about where we’re going, speaking to guest houses/tours/other travellers and getting the best deals and Stefan is good at letting me do all that while he sets about fixing ...

... only saw about half of it. After the relatively laid back security of Shanghai it was immediately obvious to us that security in Beijing was at a heightened state, especially in the vicinity of the Palace & the Square. There was a constant feeling of ...

... We caught our first look at the Great Wall off in the distance at mid-morning.  By early afternoon we knew we a approaching Beijing as the countryside disappeared and we entered the real of non-stop town and city.  The sky changed also, it went ...

... in some of their photos several times - just so they could go home and show their mates they'd met a freaky westerner in Beijing! Overall though, the people seemed a lot friendlier than in Russia - and although very nosy, they were always smiley. The ...

... I paid 30 yuan for it and got the promise I will have a room the next day. We met another young fellow who is a student at Beijing's Tsinghua University. We went out to dinner and then I went up Dailou Peak to take in a misty view of the village and its ...

The Hutongs in Beijing are the old part of town, houses are one or two floors and some have courtyards. There is a certain community spirit among the people who live in the Hutongs and it is very interesting to walk around these old parts of town. ...