Blogs from Forbidden City, Beijing, China, Asia - page 24

Hidakai has finally submitted to the tummy bug that has been plaguing him since arrival and decided to stay in the hotel room so he is providing today’s update The first task of the day was to get the train station to buy our tickets this involved a much more sedate drive to the station in a cab, I believe the hotel must have a line to a special company of slow taxi drivers so as not to worry silly foreigners. We then had to cross a four lane highway to get to the station as the bridge was being rebuilt. The Chinese pedestrian was not dismayed they simply stepped across the pedestrian crossing regardless of green or red men or hooting busses and cars proceeding forming a human wall that emerged Moses like unharmed on ... read more

Day 2 of Beijing: Breakfast, Tiananmen Sq, Forbidden City, Silk Market, Hand Pulled Noodles MMM and I got out of the hotel around 9:00 and had breakfast at a nearby Chinese restaurant and had small steamed buns and complimentary soy milk. We then headed to Tiananmen and the Forbidden City. Too bad the weather was overcast and pretty hazy. As you can tell in the pictures, Beijing looked pretty dismal that day. The haze is a mixture of fog and pollution (eew). MMM and I thought the haze added to the Communist feel. Don't be fooled: haze doesn't mean that the sun was hiding and that the weather was comfortable. Why didn't the sun burn through that haze? It was hot! We spent an extra 15 rmb on a ticket to walk to the top of ... read more

Den forbudte by Den forbudte by SKAL simpelthen ses, hvis man kommer til Beijing, og det er endnu et af mange imponerende bygningsværker. Den er 760 meter bred og næsten 1 kilometer lang, der er 3400 meter mur der er 10 meter i højden, og bag den gemmer sig 9999 værelser. Herfra har 24 kejsere regeret de sidste 500 år. Vi brugte lang tid på at udforske de mange dele af det enorme kejser palads, og selvom over halvdelen er spærret af, nåede vi ikke hele vejen igennem. Lige på den modsatte side af vejen i forhold til den forbudte by, ligger den Himmelske Freds Plads, Folkets Store Hus og Nationalmuseet. Den Himmelske Freds Plads er ligesom de tidligere attraktioner vandvittig enorm, og man føler sig ganske lille på den store plads, der også for kinesisk ... read more

Brought the Furlongs up to speed; dragged 'em outta bed kicking & screaming at 6.45. Actually, neither achieved consciousness before 7, but the improvement was noted. The Rough Guide had warned that one needed a plan to tackle sprawling Beijing and, with a single ay to absorb the Chinese capital, I had devised a demanding itinerary and put on my Commie taskmaster boots. Citizens Furlong & Furlong were thus marched from Tian'anmen Square to Zhenyangmen Gate to the huge Forbidden City to Jingshan Park to the Temple of Heaven, all without the aid of a tour bus. 11 hours later, Chairman Osmotherly conducted his loyal and exhausted comrades to the People's Restaurant of Yushan where worker style water beer was served. Back to the kick off of the day; Tian'anmen Square, or the world's largest ... read more

UntitledVoyage du nepal en chine avec air chinaMike&Eve Nihaow tout le monde! Par où commencer, et bien nous voilà en Chine à Beijing (anciennement Péking) depuis moins de 24h et cette fois le choc culturel est bel et bien présent. Nous savions que cet immense pays était over méga développé mais alors à ce point là! C'est hallucinant, tout est si clean et organisé. Le Népal "semble" des années lumières de là! Fini les rues qui puent, le trafic insoutenable et les klaxons incessant et bienvenue ordre, discipline et rigueur. Le coût de la vie s'en fait drôlement ressentir d'ailleurs, nous disposons du même confort européen et notre portefeuille a déjà bien maigris! Nous logeons dans une "auberge de jeunesse" semblable à ces centres où l'on va avec l'école mais e... read more