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By Todd and Alicen
January 2nd 2009

I smile, 'cuz I'm happy.

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Hello and Happy New Year to all y'all!!! We like our little computer, it is neat and enjoyable to type on, though sometimes slightly difficult due to it's small size, which results in some spelling and grammatical errors which i am too lazy to correct before publishing. word. we love Beijing it is a great, lovely, wonderful type of city and we are very glad to have been here this week. we could easily spend another week here, or just move here someday, but we have a flight we have to catch from hong kong to Bangkok on the 8th and [View Full Entry]

By HGHeadteacher
November 24th 2008

Mr Waddington Birds Nest video

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Bird's Nest Stadium 1

Hello Everyone. Here's what I did this morning (Monday). I'll put the camera the right way round next time! Unfortunately I couldn't upload the video. I'll try again another day. Bye bye. [View Full Entry]

By The great adventure of Rayburn and V
November 7th 2008

BEIJING - OLYMPIC VILLAGE AND LAMA TEMPLE

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The two glories of the Olympic Park

07.11.08 Today we have some more good news. First thing in the morning we walked to the Vietnamese embassy. The whole area is populated by embassies, one after the other. At the office we talked to a nice lady that reassured us telling that the flood caused no problem in the centre of Hanoi but touched only the outskirts. Same for Ninh Binh. She said we're not going to have any problem. Nearby we stopped for breakfast at a French bakery and walked the five minutes to the silk street. We have to say, it's been a horrible experience. Five stories [View Full Entry]

By Lindsaytheexplorer
October 12th 2008

Olympic Park

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Beijing - The Olympic Stadium

Had a very quiet day, just ventured to the Olympic Park before heading to get the train to Xi'an in the evening. Ended up in a carriage with 3 chinese blokes who insisted on plying me with beer and peanuts (which I accepted) but the jellied fish and chicken feet I passed on..... [View Full Entry]

By Sean Herman
September 17th 2008

Paralympics in Beijing

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Dave literally head and shoulders above everyone else

September 14 2008- Paralympics [View Full Entry]

By brenda46
September 10th 2008

Beijing- no scooters, no Archery player and where is my credit card?!

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Thursday rug

Good Morning Beijing! After flying on a plane thats "belly camera" was on during most of the flight-"Belly camera -What's a belly camera? " A Belly camera is a camera on the belly of the aircraft that films what's happening underneath the plane during the flight. This camera is on from before takeoff to after landing. That means that I was watching how the runway disappeared as we were taking off and how the new runway appeared a little too quickly as we were landing. I wanted to complain that this belly view of the world was not good for my [View Full Entry]

By The Travel Camel
August 25th 2008

The Passion and the Power

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A German fan passionately supports his country's rowers

Attending an Olympics is a far different experience than watching on television; you avoid those annoying ad breaks and sometimes those equally annoying commentators, you are not subjected to endless replays of the same event nor to other distractions of daily life. Your whole existence is geared to the Games and everything it entails: securing more tickets, queuing and moving with masses of people, swapping email addresses with other attendees; and sitting with thousands of other spectators cheering loudly for the athlete of their choice. This was my third Olympics, and as my previous two e [View Full Entry]

By homer62
August 24th 2008

The Flavor of China

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Here is a compilation of shots and videos from our trip. [View Full Entry]

By homer62
August 21st 2008

The Olympic Green

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Olympic Green South End

Here is a compilation of the different buildings in the Olympic Green area…It looks like a Worlds Fair. [View Full Entry]

By homer62
August 20th 2008

Shopping for a camera ...

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The Electronics Mart Exterior 1

Our first trip into the city of Beijing Ok...so we decided we needed to go buy cameras and do some sight seeing. We felt really adventurous so we decided to take the subway. The first line, line 10, was new, clean, and really modern. This took us down to the electronics mart. It was a pretty big store that housed too many vendors to count. And this was where the fun begins. We were told never pay full price so we were ready to barter. I felt that since almost everything is made in china we could get pretty good deals. [View Full Entry]

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