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Published: August 9th 2007
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/Lelde/
Esam Kjina. Jau otro dienu. Ari te nu BAIGAIS karstums! Tikko paedam pusdienas, tagad nedaudz nogaidisim, kad lielumlielais karstums aiz muguras , iziresim ritenjus un pabraukasim pa perimetru.
Brauciens ar vilcienu no Ulanbatoras lidz Pekinai bija ljoti omuligs - skats aiz loga, manuprat, fantastisks - nebeidzams tuksnesis... kas pa krasam un noskanju.......Musu kajiti okupeja ari tads jauks pusmuzha shveicieshu paris, kas visu laiku sukaja ledenes - vienjiem bija kadas 3 pakas ar koncham lidz vismaz😊
Parak ilgi man Pekina uztureties negribas - pilseta, liela, druzmaina... Redzes ka bus. Vakar bijam apmetushies tada ka viesnicinja, kur pa nakti jamaksa 60 Juanas (apm. $8), bet shodien jau esam ievakushies cita, ari jauka pusviesnicinja, maksa 50 Juanas pa nakti. Esam diezgan tuvu pie pasha centra. Jau, kad vel bijam Mongolija, sapazinamies ar paris citiem celjotajiem, kas kopa ar mums devas uz Pekinu, un tad nu mes te ta pus kopistiski pus individuali dzivojamies.
Vakar vakara aizdevamies uz ta saucamo melno tirgu, kur gara rinda ir sastuteti galdi, kur nu tiek cepts un varits da jebkas! Stivens pamegjinaja ceptus lielos sienazhus, es - chusku, nekas parak garshigs, tada nedaudz gumijota substance, parkaisita ar specigam garshvielam. Vel cilvecinji nosmekjeja Juras zirdzinjus, vistu sirdis, krabjus.
Cenas precem lielakoties nekur nav uzraditas un kauleshanas ir visnotalj ierasta lieta, katra zinja, arzemniekam jau nu noteikti, ja nav izteikta veleshanas parmaksat par visu.
Angliski te cilveki parak daudz neruna, apsveru iespeju iegadaties kalkulatoru, lai pirkshanas pardoshanas process notiktu raitak un uzskatamak 😊
A, st.citu, es aizmirsu pieminet, ka pirmaja diena, kad ieradamies Ulanbatora, es vieteja partikas veikalinja, ieraudziju Latvijas shprotites (konservus)!!!!!! Baigi, ne? 😊 Isteniba, nedaudz skumstu pec Mongolijas un noteitki veletos tur atgriezties. Skumstu ari pec jaukas viesu majas, kura mes dzivojam (Golden Gobi) - visa ta atieksme bija tada miljaka un personiskaka, sheit- nevienu Tava eksistence parak nesatrauc. Turistu ir daudz un visur! Tas tad nu viss uz doto bridi, cerams, bildes ar driz saliksim.
12.06.2007.
Izbraucam vakar ar ritenjiem (ritenju noma visai dienai maksa 1LVL - neslikti😊) - baigi forshi. Sakuma es ta ka nedaudz uztraucos, jo tomer Pekina ir milzoniga pilseta ar saspringtu satiksmi, bet , isteniba satraukumam nebija pamata. Tik daudz ritenjbraucejus ka sheit es laikam vel esmu redzejusi tikai Holande. Ritenjus izmanto visi un visadam vajadzibam - pashtransportacijai, dazhadu materialu, lietu parvadashanai (nereti, ritenim ir pievienoti rati nopakalja), ka ari cilveku (vairak jau turistu) vizinashanai. Mashinu shoferi ir ljoti iecietigi, pat pretimnakoshi,
lai gan parsvara visiem celjiem ir speciala atdalita josla ritenjbraucejiem. Vislielakais kaifs ir braukt pa mazajam ielinjam (hutongiem), katram ritenim ir pievienots zvana signals un visi pipina, lai bridinatu par savu tuvoshanos. Celju satiksmes kultura ir daudz advancetaka neka Mongolija, kur nabaga gajejam ik dienas jariske ar savu dzivibu un veselibu, lai krustotu ielu/celju, pat , ja deg gajeja zalja gaisma!!! Nevienam mongolim i prata neienaktu apstaties pie gajeja parejas vai nogaidit, lai cilveks shkjersotu celju. Gajejs ir nekas vairak ka kaitinoshs un ljoti nevelams trauceklis automashinu ipashniekiem uz kuru ir jataure jo skaljak un labak un tik jaturpina celju - izvairishans un izlaviereshana no pretimbraucoshajiem transportlidzekliem ir tikai un vieniga pasha gajeja atbildiba 😊 Kjina, savukart, viss norit salidzinosji pieklajigak un ieverojot celju satiksmes noteikumus.
Lai vai ka , es visiem noteikti ietektu izbraukt ar ritenjiem sheit - Pekinas plashumus kajam izstaigat ir tapat nereali.
/Eng.version/
we are in Beijing!!! Well, I bet you've figured that out yourselves, but I had to start somewhere 😊 And it's sooooooooo hot again.... and crowded.. and busy...and...noisy....and hot again....... Its our second day in this city, nothing much has been done so far as I spent most of the day
Hello, Hello
The call of the smiley rickshaw men. in the bank to cash in my travellers cheques, and then to find a Post office to send a card to my grandpa as its his birthday coming up, apart that there is no cards or even postcards, all you can buy is like an album with 10 or so cards in it, which I dont need... We'll keep looking. Yesturday we went to the Black market, where people cook and sell anything - scorpios, seahorses, dogs penises, crabs - well, all sorts! All O was willing to try was snake, but it didnt taste that good, kind of chewy. Steven had fried Grasshopper (big ones!) and some other creatures.
we are planning to rent bikes today and go for a little tour around the city. thats it for now as my time is over, but i'll write some some other day.
Steven
12th June
After languishing in the heat yesterday, thinking that maybe we'll never see anything of Beijing, we decided to rent two Bicycles from a guy down the road who bears an uncanny resemblance to Yule Brynner, and friendly two. So off we went on two( or 4) wheels. Being on a bike in Beijing is
a lovely taste of freedom- the city's perfect for it. First we rounded the Forbidden city, taking in the massive entrance gate and elaborate corner towers and the moat that surronds them. We then free wheeled around the Hutongs North of the forbidden city- this was great fun because of all the life there in the tiny lanes that run East- West throughout the city, also if we wanted to eat or drink we just stopped to get cheap street food. We found a really cool area around Qianhai lake- with a nice bar scene looking over the water where people were boating and the envious few were swimming and others hanging out in their speedos. Our bike tour ended at the venerated Lama temple- a huge and beautiful complex. Unfortunately the temple was closed, so we passed it and returned, zig-zag fasion to our hostel. We cannot more highly recommend that when in Beijing, you should hop on a bike!
We were told by so many travellers in Mongolia that the Chinese people were not as friendly or helpful as the Mongolians, but, except for the lack of spoken English, the Chinese are friendly and easy to get along
Hutong street scene
the wiring in the streets is an amazing hotch-potch. Street hawkers serve up hot food. with. One thing that is always said about travel in China is that foreigners are frequently overcharged. Although it took a bit of getting used to, it seems the best tactic if the price is wrong is to walk away, this usually sends the price plummeting- on one occassion today a lady followed our new aquantances out of her shop and all the way down the street, offering lower and lower prices for the souvenir chopsticks they wanted- this spectacle showed us what an incredible hussle the Chinese are capable of and is not the first time in our short stay- mso remeber always offer a lower price and walk away if needs be- don't get sentimental.
We've changed hostel, so now we're staying in a traditional courtyard(150 years old) really pretty with friendly staff ( it's called the Beijing Dazhalan Xijie Jingyshishi Hotel , between the Leo hostel and the Far East Hostel).
Today we booked train tickets for Thursady, over night to X'ian. Having sold package tours to the Far East for just over a year, I was always reticent to stop in X'ian, as it seems to be on every tourist's itinerary- for the terracotta warriors etc.-
and wanted our trip to be a bit different, but for one thing, so many people can't be wrong and also going through X'ian is a must for us, as it will lead us easily to Gansu for a more remote journey through Tibetan areas to Yunnan, in the South West.
So, at the moment we're organising a trip to the Great Wall tomorrow with a bit of a treck involved which is really exciting. we hope to have pictures on here soon.
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There's nearly always a Tompey closer to you than you might think! There's no escape! Big Sister, aka The Troll, currently trolling around Beijing with a gaggle of Kuonis. Mind that clipboard... Must ask her to bring home dog penis with garnish of crunchy crab. Could this be why Selene uses China as an essential part of her weight control programme?