Beijing
The green and orange or green and grey taxi …. The most fearsome predator on the streets of Xi’an! As pedestrians, you have the least rights to any hard surfaces in China – you must give way to any bicycle ring, horn toot etc. Next lowest are bicycles, next motorbikes, thence cars, taxis and [...]
The New Year celebration continues here although the sound of fireworks is now mor occasional than continuous. It is quite a celebration compared to the one evening/day event at home. Even more interesting is the number of businesses that stay closed for a large part of this week. As busy as this country is, they [...]
The New Year celebration continues here although the sound of fireworks is now mor occasional than continuous. It is quite a celebration compared to the one evening/day event at home. Even more interesting is the number of businesses that stay closed for a large part of this week. As busy as this country is, they [...]
We visited the Summer Palace in northwest Beijing today. It was a popular place today as it was sunny and just above zero. It really illustrates the power of the Emperor. There is a large man made lake along with a hill from the creation of the lake – all to create a summer retreat [...]
The day started cool and a bit breezy in Beijing – leading us to expect we would freeze on the Wall. We drove to the Mutianyu section of the wall – a bit farther but less touristy than the section typically visited. When we arrived, it was very windy in the valley. And cold!! But, [...]
After a night of indescribable firecrackers/works, we awoke to a New Years day that was mostly sunny. We visited the Bell and Drum towers. The drum tower was first built by Kubla Khan so these sites are very old. We then joined the locals exploring the shops and cafes of the Hou Hai district of [...]
It is New Year’s Eve Day here today and there has been no break in the sound of fire works/crackers. From early this morning, the pop and bang has continued to celebrate the year of the dragon. We visited the Temple of Heaven today. As we left the temple grounds, we stopped in a tea [...]
As Canadians, we thought we were prepared for winter in China. Yesterday, our Canadian confidence was shivering in it’s boots. Minus 10 with a good wind and about 3 hours outside walking through the Forbidden City had us chilled to the bone. As the photo shows, we had a sunny, sunny day. A rare event, [...]
A long days flight to Beijing. The Rockies were spectacular with the clear skies under the Arctic ridge. The quality of the image is affected by the dirt on the airplane window. We arrived in Beijing at 4:30 local time. We had intended to use a taxi to come to our hotel but found the [...]
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