http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Frank2289/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Frank2289 en-us Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:47:57 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:47:57 +0000 The Lotus Center conveniently located at the coroner of one of those intersections is the equivalent of the American WalMart. The store consists of three separate floors. First floor is used by individual retailers and other separate little shops. Simple stuff like a TShirt shop or purses or other stuff that will definitely sell better if it is a store and not being sold off the streets. The s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-414620.html Walking down the streets of Beijing is almost as entertaining as walking through the Forbidden City. Best way to describe an intersection is as one big cluster f. So you have three fundamental things people on foot people on bikesmotor bikes and then the people in carstaxisbuses. Although they generally remain separate on the streets and sidewalks at an intersection it all just comes t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-414290.html Arriving in a city as large and as important as Beijing can cause both erroneous difficulties and an incredible sense of excitement. For the record while flying in the Great Wall can be witnessed from an airplane at 10000 ft but Irsquom still not sold about the theory from the moon. The health inspection on the airplane was far more serious than I imagined. The inspectors came in with full body http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-414283.html