Blogs from Beijing, China, Asia - page 455

So we have finally made it... and it sure was a long drawn out trip. Originally we were to arrive in Beijing at 9pm but due to delays we didn't arrive until after 11 or so. The worst part was we were not aware of the delay until after everyone had already boarded the plane at 7:50pm so that made for a bit of an uncomfortable waiting period of 2 1/2 hours. To add to that, I was sandwiched between a Korean mand and Chinese woman and not sitting next to Adele:( Adele was in the middle seat across from me with a very kind western man who was helping her with our plans... thank you sier! I was a little jealous of this man making plans with Adele instead of me:). But, it just so ... read more

I got my LSAT score today - 170. Not as good as I'd expected or hoped, but good nonetheless. The train to Beijing from Shanghai was annoying - we had a family in our room and the kid kept waking up and screaming all night long. Ugh. But I ate some of the first Western food this morning I've had in China since I've been here, and it was a welcome treat. Right now I'm with Mike and Chuck - we're about to go meet up and get lunch with Treu, and then off to the Temple Of Heaven.... read more

arriving after yet another night train to China‘s capital our first impression was that this is the most crowded place we have been to。 There were thousands of people in the station。 Add to that the heat and humidity and our first instinct was to buy a ticket out of there imidiatly！too bad we did not follow our intuition。。。 We were actually very excited to travel to Beijing。After 2 months in China we wanted to see the center of activity。 Seeing the biggest palaces， the highest buildings， the nicest places of the great-wall。 We were also looking forward to eating in good restaurants and generally resting。 It took us 2 hours in Beijing traffic （and too much money for a taxi because we were kicked out of the bus for some reason） to arrive to ... read more

So the morning started early, as most have been here, not having luck sleeping in with the heat here. I had talked with host about directions, but could not find them, so off I went cold turkey. I had gotten a tip online of a good starting point, but it turned out to not be much of a time, but a good way to kill an hour in the Beijing metro. I then found myself at T-square and the office of a "great wall" booking agency for buses going to the many sites of the great wall. From Beijing, there are 3 areas that are popular to go to, and apparently the section I wished to see was number 3 on the list, and only arranged on weekends. So, with no chinese, and very little english ... read more

Hello everyone, I am writing first to check if this is going to work, hopefully figure out exactly what I need to do in order to produce an exciting blog you will want to read and how to send them. It is 1 day before our adventure starts and I have had and continue to have a mixture of feelings... scared, anxious, nervous, excited, etc etc. We are flying into Beijing for our first few days to do some shopping, sight seeing, climbing the Great Wall and from there taking some buses and trains and whatever other mode of transportation will get us to Tibet! We are trying to be spontaneous and just going with the flow of things but at the same time we have limited time so things will take shape once we get ... read more