The Great Wall

Date: 2011-8-3 15:22:00 by daniel88 Tags: Hiking Beijing Great Wall Ancient China team building chinese legend North China

Most people have heard of the great wall, several will have visited it, but only few have experienced "a more authentic" tour on the Great Wall. Together with some friends of mine I took part in an organized tour on the great wall in 2010 and can highly recommend such an activity. After a 2-3 Hour drive from Beijing you are possible to visit some of the very authentic parts of the

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Trip to beijing

Date: 2011-7-23 8:10:00 by Tomkelder Tags: Beijing trip with forbidden city and great wall

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Raising the flag in Beijing and how I discovered that all Chinese are not 5"2

Date: 2011-7-19 5:53:00 by angietravels Tags: Beijing event story

This is one of those quirky little events that if you can get up before dawn (or earlier is my advice) it is well worth the effort. The flag raising takes place in Tiananmen Square every morning at dawn and the place is a hive of activity despite the early hour.At sunset the flag is lowered. Every hotel will have a list of the times, or you can simply look it up on the internet.

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FASCINATING JOURNEY THROUGH CHINA

Date: 2011-7-18 11:55:00 by evelio2222 Tags: Beijing for Begginers

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Night travel is nightmare

Date: 2011-7-11 11:01:00 by mikloshun Tags: Beijing to Huai'An train travel; night; over crowd

 

The date was December 28, 2009. It was a night train from Beijing to Huai’An, Jiangsu province, and I could not get a sitting ticket. The trip should take no more than 14 hours, but if you are standing all the way during your travel, it could be a very extorting experience. I hoped to get some sort of ‘free’ space during my trip, so I could sit down on my

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