Driving in Beijing Part 5

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Sanlitun Bar Street

Traffic during commute hours in Beijing can be very tiring. Long waits and bumper to bumper cars moving at a snail’s pace are daily occurrences. The weather in Beijing can be draining to its inhabitants. Bone-chilling temperatures with arctic wind chill factor in the early spring can be made worse by a sand storm coming from the desert. When this happens, the sky is turned into brownish yellow and the visibility is reduced to just a few tens of meters. Additionally, it is very hard to breathe as there are so many particles in the air.

Thankfully, in this apocalyptic weather, our Audi A4L isolates us from the nature’s wrath. The front and back silky-smooth leather seats, the extra leg room in the back, the noise reduction material used in the car interior, and the concert-hall quality audio system create a tranquil oasis for us. The rear passengers can adjust the rear temperature separately from the front by adjusting the controls found just behind the middle front-passenger hand rest. Being driven in an Audi A4L, I experience what the Chinese market wants; exceptional comforts, abundant interior space, superb quality, unparallel luxury, and dynamic design.

Before we retire to our hotel, we visit Sanlitun Bar Street. Located in the Embassy District of Chaoyang, this neighborhood caters to the International palates. Many travelers stay at the nearby Westin, Intercontinental, and Hilton as English is the official language, and American Apparel, Apple, Adidas, Starbuck, McDonald, and Hooters are certain to be nearby.

Over two dozen bars string this narrow tree-lined Sanlitun street. Each bar offers a unique entertainment to its expats and local patrons. A dance club, and bars of all sorts including punk, Irish, karaoke, cigar, jazz/blues, table dance, Belgian, sport, and fish-and-chip are just a few genres that can be spotted easily from the outside colorful decors and neon lights. Having trouble to choose one, we decide to just start at the beginning of the street and we will see how far we get at the end of the night...@driving-vacation

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Driving in Beijing Part 5
Sanlitun Bar Street

Driving in Beijing Part 5
Sanlitun Bar Street

Driving in Beijing Part 5
Sanlitun Bar Street

Driving in Beijing Part 5
Sanlitun Bar Street