Holiday Inn Beijing

... We left  the Forbidden City by Tour company driver bound for our new home for the next five days in  The Holiday Inn Beijing.  The outside of this hotel (grey concrete) didn’t win any prizes for  aesthetic presentation it gave no ...

... and check in. Another adventure, but it appeared by the 24 yen that it was only a short jaunt from the Visa Office. The Holiday Inn Express is a new hotel and very modern looking in a new building area. We show our confirmation and check in - they ...

... our name. It had been organised that a driver would take us to the hotel, to avoid the whole taxi stress. The trip to the Holiday Inn was longer than we remembered, but we soon were able to recognise most streets and shops. We also got to drive past ...

One last night in Beijing before heading off to the Eternal City. Stayed at the Holiday Inn Lido close to the airport to avoid a long trip back in the morning. A bit out of the way from anything but still packed with yanks (who probably chose it for its ...

Very nice to be collected from the airport and chauffeur driven to our hotel. A Holiday Inn, which to Colin's surprise is as nice at the K.L. Hilton even though we are not on the Executive floor. Have no clue which part of Beijing we are located in, the ...

... near our hotel. We had a McDonalds breakfast and then walked a kilometre back to our hotel. Sunshine, the male hotel receptionist at Holiday Inn got our rooms organised so we could have a shower and get ready for the day properly. Once we were all ...

... ;Its pretty obvious they all drive like that...  Got to hotel safe and sound though... its okay.. bit like a holiday inn.  No UK TV only chinese so I'm watching sports! Was 12 hours early for the group meeting - still hasn't ...

... at cultural attractions (for example, Tom from the UK who taught English and exported MP3 players. He is 20) * $3 CDN manicures * Holiday Inn Beijing, the pool, the gorgeous room with a king size bed and large bathroom (throne toilet) * Chairman Mao * ...

... endte paa den modsatte side! Alt i alt oplever vi hele tiden noget. Nu er vi rigtig parate til at sige farvel til Beijing i morgen. Vi rejser videre til Bangkok i Thailand og ser frem til at smide handsker og hue i varmen.. Vi skriver engang ...

... in S. Korea and there was a holiday (Independence Day) on Friday Aug 15th.  So, using the holiday and weekend, I planned a trip to Beijing mainly for the Olympics but was able to see a few other sites.  After living in Korea for the ...

... shops, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Subway have all been added to take advantage of the influx of tourists surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympics.  The one thing that has not changed (Thank God) is that there are no escalators.  Walking along the ...

So, I have been back in the USA for one week, but people have been asking me to post about my experience in Beijing. I will make the post quick and you guys can check out all the pictures. Beijing was awesome. We saw an acrobats show which was really ...

... , People's Republic of China is one of the New Seven Wonders of The World Winners. The Great Wall, Imperial Palace of Beijing (Forbidden City), the Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing and the Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Alter ...

... neighbourhoods. Well, it took an hour, and it was neat to see the neighbourhoods, but oh the smell of pollution. I knew Beijing would stink but I never anticipated the sheer variety of stinks there were - a true smorgasbord of stink. Just about every ...

... as foreign to the people living in these conditions as the living conditions are to most Westerners. The highlight of Beijing, and probably a general highlight of mine until the next time something takes my breath away (physically and emotionally), was ...

... destination of our tour and it did not disappoint.   We visited the Badalin section of the wall that is northwest of Beijing.  This section of the wall is between 600 and 800 km elevation.   It proved to be quite a steep section ...

... within which to jam everything and we literally raced from one site to the next.  I have a much better appreciation for Beijing and the Forbidden City and a greater understanding of how it fits in to the history of China after this ...

... and get fairly good deals. I decided to buy a North Face back pack. After a few hours of shopping, I met up with another Beijing buddy, Andrea. She had been backpacking for a month through various parts of China. It was awesome to hear her stories and ...

... moment with a passport left behind in the hotel safe, we were off to Xi’an – about a two hour flight from Beijing.  Our Thanksgiving feast 2011 was a surprisingly good hot meal on the plane consisting of a generous gob of white rice, a ...