Blogs from Forbidden City, Beijing, China, Asia - page 27

China is amazing but can be hard. It’s hard to capture the thousands of amazing, crazy things that happen every day. It's hard to sift through the vast history of one of the most ancient, powerful civilizations in the world. It’s hard to capture the struggle of daily life for the millions of people of the most populous country as they toil to survive. It's amazing to take a stroll along a monument to human fortitude and construction on the Great Wall. It's hard to figure out all the varying religious influences of a place that began the eastern philosophies of the world. It’s impossible to relay the level of smog in the country with the worst environmental record in the world. It’s hard to explain the frenzy of negotiating that takes place with every transaction ... read more

Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen Het avontuur in Beijing is begonnen. Het is nu 11.45 uur in Beijing. Tijdsverschil 6 uur vooruit t.o.v. Nederland. De reis is zeer voorspoedig verlopen. Om 09.30 uur waren wij al in het hotel, maar de studio was nog niet schoon. Dus vanaf 11.00 uur konden wij in onze studio. 16e etage, slaapkamer, zitkamer, keuken en badkamer. Zelfs een eigen wasmachine. Foto's zijn er nog niet, maar wel vast een voorproefje: een satelietfoto van Google Earth van de FORBIDDEN CITY Veel liefs van Monkey and Bear en tot snel op de TRAVELBLOG ... read more

This is really part two of the last blog, but while the last one was devoted to the city of Beijing, this covers our trips to the main toooorist attractions: The Forbidden City (which was knock yur socks off sort of stuff), the Temple of Heaven (which was... round and templey with crackin' gardens and, of course Mr Dragon) and finallly, our trip to the Great Wall (which was socks right off, feet in the breeze, lying on a lounger with a naked nymphet fanning your big toe sort of stuff???!!) We'll let the photo's do the talking (and your mind do the walking...) Oh, one last thing... ...no... ...its gone. Couldn't have been important. Oh, I know what I was going to say; but it wasn't for the blog. I was just going to ask ... read more

I left for Beijing on an ITTY BITTY bus that left from campus at 7am on Thursday. The trip took 8.5 hours and was miserable, I’m not gonna lie. When I finally arrived in Beijing I was met by Kara’s Fabulous Friend Shaan, who took me to Kara’s apartment. We went to get some food and D’oh! Locked Kara’s spare set of keys in her apartment. Luckily Shaan lives close by, and he let me nap at his place until Kara got out of work. I was once again in a Western food mood, so Kara, Shaan, Shaan’s Chinese girlfriend Christina and I went to TGIFridays where I got MOZZERELLA STICKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was glorious. Unreal. Kara and I then went home and straight to bed because we both had to get up early in the morning. ... read more

Not to mix these photo's up with my forth coming blog articles, I have decided to add a separate blog for the amusing signs that asia has to offer, and with Japan ahead, the possibilities for the bazaar and wonderful photos, will surely be endless. A big shout out to the portfield crew. Enjoy!... read more