Hilton Beijing Wangfujing

... or D306, leaving around 9:30pm. 500 RMB ea. Monday, November 23 Arrive in Bejing around 7:30am Check into hotel Hilton Beijing Wangfujing, 8 Wangfujing East Street Visit Summer Palace (cost? What time arrive? 2 hours here?) Visit Big Bell Temple / ...

... An, our guide.  He walks us through the airport to meet our driver, Xu Biao, and we proceed on to our hotel, the Hilton Beijing Wangfunjing.  Gerry smoothes the way for us at the hotel check-in and before we know it we are settled into our ...

After checking into the beautiful Hilton Wangfujing, we took showers and had some breakfast. We checked out the pool, gym and executive lounge. Very impressed with this hotel, but no wifi in room is a let down. Also, Google talk and some Gmail features ...

... We were a bit late starting out as the Chef Dong’s special shrimp held me up a little, but we were off and marching up Wangfujing street again by 12ish towards the city. The crowds were out again but this time we only received two invites to the art ...

... Olympic Stadium yang dikenal dengan sebutan BIRD NEST. Disini kami dapat melihat dari dekat stadium bekas Olimpiade 2008 dan juga dapat membuat foto kenang - kenangan. Setelah santap siang acara bebas untuk berbelanja di daerah Wangfujing atau ...

... us.  We boarded the plane (Boeing 777) at 2030 and got settled in.  A couple behind us from Hilton Head, NC was going to Beijing to take a cruise; we had a good time throughout the flight.  The couple in front of us was ...

... nbsp;read and watch TV all day and night for both of us.  We called room service at about 2230 and had the Hilton Classic Hamburger with fries!  You heard it right; in China eating hamburgers.  After the burgers, it was back to ...

... City was only opened up to tourism in the late 70s – including the Chinese as it was forbidden to all – so Beijing has grown from maybe 7 million to nearly 20 million in 30 years. Anyway, we meandered to the Summer Palace which has been ...

... on. Easy flight but on domestic business class so not brilliant but a nice meal and no time zones which was a bonus. Beijing airport is similarly huge so we just followed the crowd and after more satellite trains, customs, immigration we picked up the ...

... to the Ming Tomb- Lots of important folks in fancy tombs- really cool, just outside the city. We were treated to a dose of Beijing driving which was pretty scary. I shrieked like a little girl several times. At one point we were actually on the wrong ...

... in very good condition. The fare was very inexpensive but the other thing that surprised me was the amount of security I experienced in Beijing. Anytime you go into the subway you have to send your bags through a scanner. We arrived at the Temple of ...

... sister in law, Cong, who lives in Beijing, and whom I'll be able to spend a day with while I’m here. I made it to Beijing on Wednesday afternoon. My flight ended up leaving about an hour and a half late, so I arrived a little later than expected. I ...