Blogs from Olympic Park, Beijing, China, Asia - page 5

This was our first stop on the city tour today - and what a great start! These were both awesome structures to see. Gary, our Beijing guide, says these were just opened to the public last October; this was only his third time there, even though he is a local! We went through the water Cube first. It was designed to make you feel like you were under water. He has 17,000 seats, bigger than Sask Place, Auntie Dawn said. You could just imagine the excitement in the building during the Olympic races. The colors and feel were all beautiful. The National Stadium, or Bird’s Nest was next. The are about 500 meter apart, across Olympic Plaza, where the Ling Long Pagoda is also situated (where Ron MacLean hosted the CBC Olympic broadcasts). The Bird’s Nest ... read more

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.... read more

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........ read more

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 nerves but instead I just flew with the blanket over my head. Jeff thought it was cool. I started my day staring at a rug in the elevator that said THURSDAY in English and Chinese. ... read more

Here is a compilation of the different buildings in the Olympic Green area…It looks like a Worlds Fair.... read more