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Published: February 3rd 2008
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Hi Folks
Here we are in Beijing, looking at "fishes" and trying yo come up with what to write.
STARTING WITH OUR PACKING
We had to unpack and pack our bags about 6times, it was not a case of space, more of a weight, far to heavy to carry about. At the end we got rid off all toiletries and got left with soap and face cream, had a battle with scissors and took on attitude of a blokes - "we don't care what we look like" The battle was lost and we look like we went through a hedge backwards, but who cares. We have won the war and got packed.
FLIGHT LONDON TO BEIJING
Well it all mainly depends who sleeps with whom ehmm sorry who knows whom. And if you "Know" someone who knows someone who can get you an upgrade to business class well that you are for a treat = suddenly little economy seat transfers to an adjustable bed with private TV, pillow and blanket, food and drinks are offered till your heart is content all on properer crockery and you are spoilt for choice. WONDERFUL ( big thanks to go to who
Romi before the chop/ Romca pred skubanim
well who can be bothered with such long hair/ no koho by to bavilo s tak dlouhymi vlasy knows who)
ARRIVAL IN BEIJING= FINDING A HOSTEL
Landing was fine, wonderful view on the mountains - picture perfect. As soon as you get out of the airport you are swamped by taxi drivers : "Taxi, taxi ?"
Finding the hostel was challenging but fun.
From airport were suppose to take a bus to International Hotel and call for free collecting from here. No problem right.
Well we suspect we got put on the wrong bus on some kind of misunderstanding, actually more of no understanding. Knowing English does not guarantee you a thing, only help of someone who see you struggling long enough with a guide and realises you are determined to find your own way instead of taking the taxi. Anyone can manage that. Anyway we have ended up in front of main Beijing Railway station, where a helpful soul with not so great english ( but beggars can't be choosers) directed us to the tube as the print out with directions to the hostel had directions from many arriving destinations.
BEIJING TUBE = THOUSAND'S CHINESE
Employees of the tube were literally pushing people into the train = sardines in a tin does not come close
Here we go/ Jdeme na to
no turning back now/ tak a uz to bude to it. After fighting and out of the train we got to the bus stop, which later become clear meant we were coming back on ourselves. At the bus stop : Take bus no 2 - great they have actually proper numbers instead of scribbles but hey the timetable is in scribble - how do you get a ticket, which stop is ours - PANIC - NEVER - lets ask the men in uniform by pointing in the phrase book what we need - no success as they talk back to you in mandarin. Thankfully another great english speaking soul told us what we need.
AND HERE WE ARE
AHOJKY LIDICKY
Tak uz jsme v Beijingu, koukame tady na rybicky a snazime se vymyslet co bychom vam napsali.
Zaciname nasim balenim. Nase batohy jsme prebalovali asi sestkrat. Neslo o to, ze by jsme nemeli misto, ale vahove to nevychazelo a nevychazelo. Nakonec jsme se zbavili veskere kosmetiky, zbylo nam mydlo a jedne krem! Vymozenosti, jako sampon a kondicioner, uz jsme vzit nemohli, tak jsme se rozhodli ostrihat si vlasy. Vypadame sice jako oskubane kury, ale to nam nevadi. Baleni jsme zvladli!
LET LONDYN -
Done / A je to
wait till you see yourself in mirror/ pockej az se uvidis v zrcadle BEIJING
Tak tady hralo velkou roli kdo s kym spi, hmm teda kdo koho zna. Kdyz "Znate" nekoho kdo zna nekoho, kdo vas muze dostat business class tak mate vyhrano! Dostanete misto kde ze vase sedadlo promeni v postel, mate osobni televizi, jidlo si vybirate z menu a ani o piti neni nouze. Nadhera! Dejte si zalezet koho znate.
PRILET DO BEIJINGU - HLEDANI HOSTELU
Prilet probehl v poradku, nadherny vyhled na hory no proste pohadka. Hledani hostelu! Legrace?
Pri vystupu z letiste na nas skocili taxikari jak na uzene, kteri nas chteli odvest, kde jsme potrebovali, ale kazdy blbec dovede dojet na misto taxikem. My jsme chteli vyzkouset sve dovednosti.
Z letiste jsme meli dorazit autobusem do International hotelu a odsud jsme meli zavolat do hostelu odkud nas meli prijet zadarmo vyzvednout. Nejaky problem? No ano.
Byli jsme posazeny na spatny autobus, nebo nam byli podany spatne informace. Jo hold ne vsichni na svete umi anglicky ( ja teprve ne Renca). Proto mam sebou Romcu, ktera zvlada vsechno. Vytiskala instrukce jak se k hostelu dostaneme. Zeleznicni stanice - opacna strana nez jsme meli byt. Na stanici se nas ujal jeden ochotny cinan, ktery se nam snazil pomoc. Poradil
Your turn/ Ted si na rade TY
in front of a mirror are you sure/ pred zrcadlem, jses si jista nam, ze mame jit na metro. A tak jsme dali na jeho rady.
METRO CINA = TISICE CINANU
Zamestnanci metra tlacili lidi do metra, kdyz rikam tlacili tak myslim tlacili! Tlacit se jako sardinky v konzerve jsou pro cinske metro jak vysite.
Potlacenici jsme se dostali na stanici od ktere jsme dojeli autobusem do skoro do cile. Meli jsme nasednout na autobus cislo 2, hura jsou to normalni cisla, jenze jizni rad byl jako jedna velka cmaranice. Kde koupit listek, kde vystoupit - PANIKA - NIKDY. Proc se nezeptat tech panu v uniforme ukazovanim vet ve slovnicku, jo jenze oni vam odpovi v cinstine takze nakonec se nas ujala zase jedna ochotna dusicka a rekla nam kde mame vystoupit.
TAK JSME TADY
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bob
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Cauky holky, sice neznam romcu ale jen rencu ale na to nic nesejde.Moc vám holky fandim a zaroven zavidim.Vas zapise z prvnïho dne me nadchnul a doufam ze to budete takhle plnit casto.Drzim vam palecky.BOB