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Forbidden!

The next morning we wake up and have a lovely breakfast in our classy Hotel. A huge buffet which you can be sure I demolished. After that we decided that it was time to do The Last Emperor thing and visit the Forbidden City. Another absolutely massive place that has been kept well intact for...

written by

Big_T on August 26, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Big_T's Travel Blog

tagged Beijing, ForbiddenCity and Walking

The First Train and Beijing

So after Shanghai we had to get our asses on the first train. I wish, really that i had something more interesting to report on this other than we met a nice chinese guy called Da-min who spoke lots of english and talked about getting rich. he was a nice guy which helps me to change my...

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adamski752 on August 25, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Adam's Leisurely Return Home

The Pretty Damn Good Wall of China

“All in all you're just another brick in the wall”. I have no idea why I quoted that song except they have a name in common. Get to Beijing at 7:15, go to the hotel, leave our stuff, we are in a cab on the way to the wall at 8:15am. It is a stunning sight. We arrived at the Mutianyu wall at...

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Big_T on August 25, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Big_T's Travel Blog

tagged Beijing, Wall and Tiananmen

About 2 more weeks left :(

I'm happy and sad that there's only about 2.5 weeks left before I leave Beijing. I miss home, my family, friends.. and Target in the States. But I know I'll miss all the fantastic people I met here. I won't have internet after tomorrow, so I might not update again until I get back to the...

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jlu on July 29, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Study Abroad in China

BNU Campus, Olympic park, Noodles, and more McDonald's

So yesterday I had exams and afterwards our whole class went to eat with our teachers! It was cool. After lunch I went with a bunch of EAP kids to xi dan 西單, where I spent too much moneys and walked around for about forever. and later that night, we had an interesting clubbing adventure. ...

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jlu on July 19, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Study Abroad in China

tagged Shopping and OlympicPark

Classes, Tian an men, tea

It was a challenging first couple of days of classes, but I'm getting the hang of simplified characters. A couple days ago, I went to a tea house called Lao She Tea house 老舍茶館 and drank tea while watching bombtastic shows. There was a shadow puppet show, acrobats, magic, singing, gong fu, and...

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jlu on July 07, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Study Abroad in China

tagged TeaHouse and Classes

Placement test, Hutong, Ducks and Rickshaws

Answers for some questions before I start... -So when you shower does your whole bathroom get wet? Yep, but all of the water goes down a hole so we just wear slippers. -What's McDonald's like there? It's pretty much the same except the portions are smaller. A super-sized meal in China is...

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jlu on July 02, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Study Abroad in China

First couple of days

I arrived in Beijing around 5 am yesterday. The first thing I learned was that the people here are early risers; there were masses of people walking to work at 5:30 am. I felt a bit of culture shock and was pretty miserable until I went out of my bubble/dorm room and went on an adventure...

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jlu on June 28, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Study Abroad in China

tagged Photos

Descripcion

Beijing (北京) is the capital of the most populous country in the world, the People's Republic of China. It was also the seat of the Ming and Qing dynasty emperors until the formation of a republic in 1911. As such it is rich in historical sites and important government institutions. The city...

written by

garisti on May 01, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Viaje por Asia

My lover

She is my college friends, then I am very familiar with her boyfriend, her girlfriend and I are familiar with. She later go abroad, and her boyfriend breaking up,[a href=http://bbs.mx3g.com>radio control forum[/a>hold hands, hugging and kissing all very logical friends

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myxxblog on March 09, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: My lover

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