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December 28th 2008

Published: June 1st 2009

Kay and I both had some days off work for the new year's holiday and we decided to go visit Joanne in Beijing. Not mainly because we wanted to go to Beijing, but because that's where Joanne happened to be located. Of course, I won't back down from a chance to set foot on the Great Wall, but it is proving hard to convince the ladies. Anyway, I padded my itinerary with one extra day on each side of ... Read Full Entry

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Meh... readers beware. I originally started this log to keep my mother up to date during a longer trip, but I quickly realized I wasn't about to waste my precious time off by sitting in some shady Internet café updating a blog nobody will read anyway. Nowadays it is more of a personal nostalgia and ego thing, but by all means, feel free to enjoy the speculations and hybris which will no doubt get reality checked soon enough. I will add older travel logs as time permits.... full info

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Beijing tourist trap, slide LVII

Sorry, I forgot the name of this restaurant, but it is a nice place for catching some performances while you eat.

Welcome to modern capitalist hell

Bei jing kao ya

a.k.a. the infamous Beijing Duck

Kay at the Bird's Nest

A very nice blue morning sky

Bags packed and ready to go home, one last look at Joanne's neighbourhood.

A groovy dessert

Pi pa player

Quite nice music to listen to, I'll have to flesh out my record collection at some point.

Out in the cold

The mandatory treat of beijing duck

Here at the well known Da Dong restaurant.

The new favourite bread snack

Alright, a shameless plug for some produce... so sue me.

Lunch at a Macau style hot pot restaurant

On our day out to jinsong market

Kay waiting to board the spiffy new line number five.

More beans!?

Seriously... what is it with the Chinese and their love of beans for dessert?

Tiger meeting at Fuchengmen

Ohhh... fish lips, my favourite!

Onboard the Capital Airport shuttle train

Mmmm.... dumplings!

Beijing girls are really carefree

Oh right, said that already. Well, nobody will bother to read this caption anyway...

I... don't... know?

Two brains in canopic jars? I give up, tasted quite nice though.

Random restaurant shot number 671

The room at The Shan Shui Hotel

Room breakdown: Electricity: Common European/Chinese style two round pin plugs (220V). Toilet: Modern style, amusingly sharing door with the separate shower. Hot water supply: Reliable. Temperature: When hell freezes over, this is what it will be like. Food: Didn't try the restaurant. Spoils: Free Internet, refrigerator was not necessary... Pets: None encountered. Price: It slipped my mind... 400 RMB maybe?

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