Blogs from Forbidden City, Beijing, China, Asia - page 17

Dejamos atrás el año de la rata y empezamos el año del buey: Creo que es la única época del año en la que el chino deja en la casa su estereotipo de frio, indiferente y amargado para salir de fiesta y emborracharse en la calle. Uno va pasando y todos gritan en la calle feliz año! "xin nian kuai le!!" y tiran pólvora como locos desesperados. Empezamos la celebración como lo dicta la tradición nos quedamos en la casa tranquilos con la familia y amigos (los alemanes, Gabriel, Kai y Dani) ahí nos tomamos todo el vino que nos quedaba en la casa y cuando nos pareció buena idea tirar nuestro arbol de navidad por la ventana por que ya estabamos a mediados de febrero nos dimos cuenta que era hora de irnos. Salimos al ... read more

"Fasionable people doing questionable things" were the lyrics blasting in our iPods as we sat in an empty gate staring with wide eyes at our 777 plane docked and getting loaded with luggage. We were at the airport 3 hours early and our plane was delayed by about a half hour, yet (and without reason) we were minutes from missing our flight. As I passed my headphones to Alex to listen to the song, and only then heard "Bojanowski, last call" on the PA. We grabbed our stuff and got on an almost departed plane and vowed to move forward as smarter, and more aware travellers!! We had a rather long direct flight (expected) from Toronto to Beijing and arrived around 6PM China time. I had the aisle seat, and the lady beside Alex barfed and ... read more

Well right now im sat in a five star hotel overlooking the beach waiting for my breakfast /lunch to arrive. But it was not even a week since I was in Beijing and I thought I better start talking about my 10 days there or I would probably forget some of the detail, you know what I mean. So we got the bullet train and arrived in Beijing and it was a very busy place compared to all the other towns we had been to. The people didn’t even stare at us any more as they are that used to seeing foreigners. Our first task was to get from the train station to the hotel my mother had kindly paid for a hotel for a few nights over Christmas. However we didn’t know where it was ... read more

Unfortunately I had to take a work trip to Beijing for 2.5 weeks in December. Sometimes life is just plain hard! So I am sitting in Beijing now trying to take in as much as I can when I am not at work. I only have 4 spare days in Beijing but then will be taking 5 days off at the end and will go to Shanghai for a look around. Anna couldn't get time off work to come which is a pity but a free trip to China for me is still a free trip to China so I wasn't turning it down! I have been here a week now, mostly working but did manage to have a look around the old part of the city. I am in a hotel near Ritan park which ... read more

Arrived at Beijing airport this morning and visite The Forbidden City and Tianenmen Square this afternoon.... read more