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By Carolee and Jay
September 11th 2005
Day One Asia » China » Beijing
woke up early morning, about 8am (early for not being employed). Carolee and I realized long ago in our travels that the best way to explore a city is by bike-- less confusing than by bus, less limited than by walking and less underground than the subway. the hostel rented out bikes-- only US$2.50 a day (nice)! It was a bit chaotic the first time out. There isn't much order to the roads. Though they devote full lanes to bicycles (and not just the single path lanes that fit one bike, but full car-sized lanes) they still get crowded. And throw [View Full Entry]

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By Carolee and Jay
September 10th 2005
Just arrived Asia » China » Beijing
The plane ride from NY wasn't as bad as we thought it'd be. 2 hours to Chicago then 12 to Beijing. The airline made some lofty promises for their entertainment segment announcing they'd be showing 6 different movies-- so its a long haul but at least we'd have a decent diversion right?...they ended up showing two-- one of them three times (Mr. & Mrs. Smith). So we get to Beijing around 230pm and jump in a cab. Not to sound egocentric but we truly thought English would be spoken here. But our instructions of "Far East Hostel...Xuanwu district?" only garnered a [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 29th 2006 | 432 Views | [diary=19423]




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