 | Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City
2008-05-15, Beijing, China. By: rodman12 | | A visit to Beijing has to included Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. The day started early with breakfast at the Peninsula Hotel and the bus leaving at 9:00am. We were dropped off a couple of ... |
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 | Exploring Beijing
2008-04-18, Beijing, China. By: rodman12 | | Today is Friday and our Adventures by Disney opening reception is tonight. Since I had an opportunity to explore the area near the Peninsula Hotel the night before I was ready to show my wife and dau... |
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 | Beginnings of Our China Trip
2008-04-17, Beijing, China. By: rodman12 | | As a Disney cast-member in Florida I have access to a few perks. We get complimentary admission to the theme parks and can experience new rides and attractions before the general public. But one per... |
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 | Duck
2008-05-04, Beijing, China. By: frankieboy | | Beijing
The first thing that I noticed about Beijing was the pollution. Holy Moly was it bad. You could see it engulfed the entire city and at night it was a bit eerie. It cleared up a bit the next... |
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 | The Iconic Checklist
2008-03-24, Beijing, China. By: mala | | I am a collector and list-maker by nature. While some people collect stamps or beanie babies, I collect iconic locations and the sights in and around Beijing rank high on any traveler's list.
It wa... |
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 | Beijing
2008-03-23, Beijing, China. By: valminx | | Having been to the 'Great' wall we decided to see what else is really 'great' about China so decided on a weekend of culture. First off we got up early on sunday - after falling into bed at 3 am we fe... |
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 | That Great Wall
2008-02-26, Beijing, China. By: valminx | | You know when you get these 'great ideas' in your head and then afterwards think 'why the .... did i want to do this?' Well i had one of those moments last week. Sitting quietly chatting about differe... |
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 | The flying Red Flag
2005-08-17, Beijing, China. By: travelalex | | Wow, China was amazing (we left the airport, sure we didn’t get further than the car park, but we left the airport, that constitutes as a visit). It was the most depressing airport we’ve ever been to.... |
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| A weekend of culture
2008-01-18, Beijing, China. By: valminx | | We often go to Beijing for a night on the weekends but last weekend due to middle school exams i had the Monday off so we decided to make it a 2 nighter!! Oh such excitment - i could hardly control my... |
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 | In Conclusion
2008-01-07, Beijing, China. By: laowai | | Laying restless in my bed back in the states, I can’t help but think how quickly my time in China passed and how I can’t believe I’m really home. Unfortunately, I did not update my journal once durin... |
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 | Beijing Roundup
2007-11-12, beijing, China. By: smithy2006 | | Sunday was a sleeper... woke up at two! needed it big time! Pretty miserable day so had a random walk around the city... again! Saw a march at Sunset in Tian'anmen Square, the chinese flag is risen at... |
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 | Smithy's in full flow...
2007-11-10, beijing, China. By: smithy2006 | | After a few days of Jet lag and Flu... smithy is back on top form! Went on mission to the Summer Palace today with my Great Wall partner Summer... tackled the Subway and Bus Service and came out smell... |
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 | The Great Wall
2007-11-09, beijing, China. By: smithy2006 | | Nightmare sleep last night... god knows why... 3 hours was not a great preparation for a 10k walk up and down some mountains but who's complaining!
Set off at 6 for Jinshanling which took about 3 h... |
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 | Mutton dressed as Dog...
2007-11-08, Beijing, China. By: smithy2006 | | Day two of the Asian Adventure was another slow one! Still not really with it... sleeping in, the flu is not helping! Once i had got myself sorted changing money at the bank and booking my trip to the... |
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 | Do it again...
2007-11-06, BEIJING, China. By: smithy2006 | | BA is the way forward... i've tasted it! After god know's how many Ryanair flights, the BA really know where it's at, well that's what i personally thought anyway, but the amount of complainers was am... |
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 | Beijing
2007-10-05, Beijing, China. By: lou | | Hey well ive made it the length of Beijing. Was so excited to get here could hardly wait. It took me a day and a bit to get to Beijing from Ulaanbaatar on the train. The train journey was great cro... |
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 | The Great Wall
2007-10-02, Beijing, China. By: dilleybug | | The great wall is definitely on the list of top five coolest things i have ever done. It is so so so long! and stretches for miles and miles as far as you can see on the ridges of the mountain. The... |
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| Holidays!
2007-10-02, Beijing, China. By: valminx | | Well, for those of you resident in China you'll know golden week is upon us! For those not living here, its when every inhabitant of a particular city up's sticks and goes to another for a holiday! (O... |
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 | Happy National Day!
2007-10-01, Beijing, China. By: dilleybug | | Hmmm, its so hard to remember the past few days! it has been really busy and exciting here in Beijing. It is the national holiday, it is also Colten James Reed oliver's birthday! Yeah Colten! Swarms o... |
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 | Update
2007-09-28, Beijing, China. By: dilleybug | | I have arrived at the mother City! Beijing is great. The people are so different from the Tibetans! Before i left Lhasa i went to the Ganden Monestary,and you have to take this 6am bus. The bus is li... |
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 | Olympics 2008
2007-12-01, Beijing, China. By: joiwatani | | Two years ago, I have already planned a trip to go to China but things came up unexpectedly. The market of houses in the United States is going down and I have to sell my house right away and move to ... |
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 | Return to Guangzhou
2007-08-02, Beijing, China. By: alan54to60 | | Thursday 2nd August
So it is my last few hours in Beijing. I am feeling quite sad as I have really enjoyed my time here. But all good things must come to an end, so we head down to reception for ... |
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 | 7th and last full day in Beijing
2007-08-01, Beijing, China. By: alan54to60 | | Wednesday 1st August
The sky is a lovely shade of blue as I peek through the curtains. Today we are due to visit Beihai Park, making an initial visit to the Dongyue Temple first. It is a Taoist t... |
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| Chinese New Year
2006-01-31, Beijing, China. By: TheBadger | | 31st January 2006
Saturday night was New Years eve and as I had nothing else to do some of my new found friends invited me out for a little fun. This year was the first time in 13 years that firew... |
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| Chinese New Year
2006-01-31, Beijing, China. By: TheBadger | | 31st January 2006
Saturday night was New Years eve and as I had nothing else to do some of my new found friends invited me out for a little fun. This year was the first time in 13 years that firew... |
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