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Beijing, Day 2

*Great Wall *Summer Palace

permalink written by  Benjamin Satterfield on June 28, 2005 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Bhutan or Bust

Arrive in Beijing, Day 1

Check into hotel in Beijing, meet up with the guides and deal with the jet lag. * Tian An Men Square * Forbidden City

permalink written by  Benjamin Satterfield on June 27, 2005 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Bhutan or Bust

Beijing Fling

Forbidden City, Tian An Men Square and Summer Palace; or go to Great Wall in our first jet-lagged day! We cut out the forbidden city, it was just too much. Hop on the flight for Chengdu.

permalink written by  Benjamin Satterfield on March 18, 2005 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: China Tour Spring 2005

Peking Duck

I'm in Beijing now, trying in vain to find a restaurant that will serve me some of that famous roast duck. Last night, I was drinking the good cheap local beer and and enjoying the conversation with a bunch of folks from the hostel. At about 4:15 am, somebody suggested that we should walk to...

permalink written by  Jason Kester on May 6, 2004 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Southeast Asia, the Trans Siberian and Scandenavia

Another rant on Chinese tourism

China loves its tourism. There is no natural wonder so beautiful that it could not be improved with the help of man. Say you have a really impressive cave with crazy rock formations. That's great and all, but what if you then built a 50 foot tall concrete butterfly over the entrance, added...

permalink written by  Jason Kester on May 6, 2004 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Southeast Asia, the Trans Siberian and Scandenavia

Day 13

My last day in Beijing, I set out early for the Lama Temple, only two blocks away. However, I was a little too early as the temple didn't open until 9 a.m. (as opposed to the guide book hour of 8:30 a.m.) Many people gathered at the entrance -- one old woman wanted to touch my leg and boots to...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on August 13, 1987 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

Day 12

Up at seven, it was no problem getting a cab -- two were waiting right in front of the hotel. The real problem came in explaining where I wanted to go. It was printed on the ticket but rather smudged and the hotel wasn't listed on any map. All I knew was that it was near the Friendship Store....

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on August 12, 1987 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

Day 12 (continued)

The ride back to Beijing was about two hours, during which everyone slept. From the Beijing-Toronto Hotel, I again journeyed to the Beijing Hotel for a coke in the lobby - a definite gather place for tourists from all over. There I met two Stanford B-School grads who were traveling for the...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on August 12, 1987 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

Day 11 (continued)

After regaining my strength, I set off through Tianamen Square to find the acrobatics hall. I stopped to buy orange sodas often during the day (usually 40 fen, with a 10-20 return on the bottle). The street to the south of the Square was interesting enough, really just a lot of shops selling...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on August 11, 1987 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

Day 11

I took a cab from the hotel in Nanjing to the airport -- a tiny little place out in the middle of nowhere, reminiscent of the airport in "Casablanca." However, the plane appeared to be of fairly recent vintage and much more "airworthy" than the tiny, boxy thing that left just minutes earlier. ...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on August 11, 1987 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

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