Novotel Peace Beijing

... two sites we would be happy as we were flying to Xian to see the Terra-cotta Warriors next.   We arrived at the Novotel Peace Hotel, after a bus trip from the airport into town. Jena had some vouchers for very nice hotels in China so we used some ...

... fly i remember why it is that i hate flying with such a passion. its not right. and here i am now in beijing staying in the novotel (decided to treat myself after 7 months roughing it most of the time!).  ah yes for room service and pools and ...

... 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 looking for ...

... on "The Amazing Race".  The view would have been amazing.  It looked down on the Forbidden City and most of Beijing.  Unfortunately it was a bad smog day and we could barely make out the park below let alone anything else.  We did find ...

... Next we went to an area known as the 798.  It's an old army "radio" factory that has been turned into Beijing's art district.  Simply put it was awesome.  You wonder around this old complex of buildings and warehouses and there are steam ...