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By Greenwoods
December 21st 2009
Monday Continued Asia » China » Beijing
We are back relaxing in the executive lounge with a glass of wine and snacks while we write and upload photos of our great day to the Great Wall. Mr. Lei and his driver picked us up at 9 AM at the hotel and after adjusting to the traffic, crazy drivers and lack of seatbelts in the van, we settled back and enjoyed the clear sky and mountain views. The cool windy air gave us bright, clear skies! We started at the Badaling section and hiked up quite a steep portion of the Wall, certainly getting our cardiovascular workout of the [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 21st 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=461789]

Deb and Diana at Wall
Climbing the Wall
Hiking

By Greenwoods
December 20th 2009
Monday December 21 Asia » China » Beijing
We are in Beijing!! Had a great flight, a little turbulence here and there but the 12 hours went by pretty fast with several movies and reading travel books. We hired a driver to pick us up at the airport and he was waiting for us with sign that said “Green Wood,” kids thought that was funny. We are very happy with our hotel, JW Marriott, we are on a club floor with access to the club lounge with drinks available all day, happy hour every night and a full breakfast in the morning…..Helpful with our family of 6 and boys [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 20th 2009 | 42 Views | [diary=461702]

Red Carpet Club waiting

Dreimal Geburtstagsfeiern und heimatliche Besuche in China Kurz die wichtigsten Eckdaten Geburtstagsstress hoch drei in den letzten zwei Wochen --> Geburtstagskinder Julian, Carina und Marika Besuch von Mama, Tante und anschließend von Julian Sightseeingtouren ohne Ende ... Endloslange und ausufernde Version Also, am 21. November landeten meine Mummy und meine Tante in Peking. Ursprünglich sollte es ja eigentlich eine Überraschung werden, anlässlich meines bevorstehenden Geburtstages, doch am Ende entschieden sie sich doch da [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 8th 2009 | 103 Views | [diary=458844]

Tian'anmen Square
Pause
Eingang zur verbotenen Stadt

By Boulay
December 5th 2009
Beijing #2 Asia » China » Beijing
Et oui, encore debouts à 6hrs du matin, nous avons de la difficulté à s’ajuster au décalage horaire mais nous y serons bientôt. Nous voilà seulement en cette cinquième journée de voyage et déja tellement d’expériences incroyables vécues. Aujourd’hui, nous avons décidé de prendre ça relaxe puisque nos jambes sont encore un peu molles de notre longue randonnée d’hier. Nous avons donc opté pour un bon café au McDonald avec un Egg McMuffin... hummm... Ce matin, je dois vous avouer que la température n’est vraiment pas belle, ciel plein de brume, vent très f [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 7th 2009 | 51 Views | [diary=458306]

Le nid d'oiseau
Vy et son premier Cafe
Behai Park

Peking on ollu täynnä elämää, 13 miljoonan asukkaan valtava kaupunki ei pysähtynyt hetkeksikään. Täällä vasta kontrasteja vasta olikin. Joka puolella näkyi viimeisintä nykyteknologiaa ja tuhatvuotisia perinteitä sulassa sovussa keskenään. Taivaan temppelin portilla oli aukioloajat valotaululla, ja joka paikassa on nähty pikkunäppäriä teknologisia oivalluksia ja alko tuntuun että me suomalaiset eletään jossain kivikaudella. Tosin kielletyssä kaupungissa Samin audioguide (nappikuuloke ja elektroninen kartta) jonka piti kertoa eri kohteista automaattisesti sijainnin perusteella, sekoili pahasti. [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 6th 2009 | 54 Views | [diary=458470]

Jingshan park
Forbitten city
Forbitten city

By Boulay
December 3rd 2009
Great Wall Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China
Et bien, aujourd'hui la journée a commencé très tôt. Nous étions debouts à 5h30 du matin pour un départ à 6h00 en direction de la muraille de Chine. Nous avons effectué environ 3 hrs d'autobus pour finalement arriver au point de départ du trek de 10 km. La section que nous allons visiter aujourd'hui est la section entre la ville de Jinshanling et Simatai, cette section de la muraille est moins visitée par les touristes due à son accès difficile ainsi que la distance qui la sépare de Beijing, cependant elle est aussi splendide sinon plus que les autres endroits plus [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 5th 2009 | 59 Views | [diary=458101]

Me and my love on the Wall
View of the wall
Vy walking on the Wall

I feel the need to add this section to the blog again. Every time I write about China, I receive a stream of negative comments. My Chinese friends think that I am anti Chinese and some others accuse me of being unsympathetic to the minorities. An example of one of the comments is listed here below. "Happened to see your blog. Very interesing. Every one knows that Turkey troops got slaughtered and captured by PLA. It's also very funny that Turkey shows one "Captured " ROC(Note: NOT PRC) flag in a Turkey Museum. Also, turkey men didn't know what they died [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 6th 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=458526]

China's National Symbol
Walking down the platform at Xining
Chinese Trains are Splendid

Went on a booked tour today. The plan was the Great wall of China, and the Ming tombs, however a few other stops ended up in there somehow, all plugging things. We also went to a Vase making centre, a Jade factory, a tea ceremony, and a silk factory, all quite interesting. Anyway the Great Wall was fantastic , as good as I imagined and more! It was early morning when we arrive so very, very cold, but also not packed with tourists. The part we visited was called Guyong Guan, which is the 'Gate to Badaling', it was very steep [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 6th 2009 | 34 Views | [diary=458454]


By AndrewandLaura
November 27th 2009
And Winter Begins!!!! Asia » China » Beijing » Tian'anmen
After some final Japanese cuisine for breakfast we head to Narita airport set for Beijing. We had to fly in via Dalian, where we had to jump off then wait a little then jump back on. Stupidly I was still in Japanese weather mode. Dalian was COLD and I was in a t-shirt!! Laura was smug in her big warm coat and fleece!! Another hour on the plane and we were in Beijing. Beijing was busy, busy, busy. Multiple people trying to get me in their taxi to central Beijing, but instead we hopped on the shuttle bus. On setting foot [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 6th 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=458445]


By BJwest
November 23rd 2009
Beihai Park 北海公園 Asia » China » Beijing » Beihai Park
Beihai Park is behind the Palace Museum, approximately one mile west of the rear exit. It is also south of the Houhai area. I saw some tour group go here after the tour in the Palace Museum. The cost to get in the park is 5 rmb. If you want to go to the temple at the top and the city wall is 15 rmb. The lake is frozen now so is very clam and quiet. There are many lotus plants on the lake. It must be very beautiful during the early summer when they are in full bloom [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 23rd 2009 | 63 Views | [diary=455277]

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