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Late night photography on the Wall
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Enjoying a meal and a beer or two!
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Im now working up in Baishan in Jilin Provenance and my girlfriend is meeting me in Beijing in 10 days time. We will have a total of 8 nights but Im thinking that maybe more then enough to take in most of the sights etc of Beijing and still have some time left over. Can anyone suggest maybe a side trip we can go on besides Xi an, as been there. Am thinking maybe a couple of nights. Thanks.
Have you been to Shanghai? It is worth a visit. You may be lucky to get tickets to Expo. If not the Oriental Pearl Tower, a walk along the Bund and the Yuyang Gardens are good. I have just returned and am still working on my pages but there will be many others to check out.
I would usually recommend 4-5 days for the usual highlights in Beijing, you could stretch it out to about 6-7 days including some sights such as the Capital Museum, 798 art district etc and also shopping.
What are your general sightseeing interests and preferences? Have you (both/solo) been to anywhere else in China already? Knowing more about those would enable us to give you better suggestions.
What do you like seeing? What about catching a train to Pingyao? For us this place was a highlight!!
Ok I see you are from Perth as well..so abit more information. We loved Pingyao because we found the old walled city a bit surreal and very very different for us. Catch the train to Taiyuan and from there to Pingyao. Stay at the Inn we stayed at. Have a look at my pages.
Sure there are a lot of places to go around Beijing. Besides what they have said above:
If you like to see more palaces, then you can go to Chengde.
If you like to see Great Wall and sea, then you can go to Beidaihe.
If you like to climb mountain and Confucius' hometown, then you can go to Taishan and Qufu.
Climbing uphill towards the White Dagoba is a sweaty affair, but when you arrive at the top (or nearly the top) you get a good view of the area, encompassing the lake as well as Gugong (the Forbidden City). During our visit, the White Dagoba was closed for reconstruction, though it will probably be open by Beijing's 2008 Olympics.
In Beijing, there is limited English signage and enough to get around the subway.
But this is a good opportunity to learn a few useful Chinese characters.
Photo 1. Exit (looks like a frog)
Photo 2. Entrance (looks like an armless person walking)
Other helpfuls are the character for "Man" "Woman" for toilets.
Most exits in Beijing are named according to directions, eg North Exit, South Exit, West Exit and East Exit. So knowing the characters of north, east, south, west is usually.
And also the characters for Beijing, Zhongguo (China) and Lu (Road), Jie (Street).
Keep a roll of TP on you at all times, or at least a traveller size package of Kleenx. Most often there was no TP available in the bathrooms I visited, and I didn't realize that until it was too late. I learned quickly to keep a roll in my backpack and to take it with me everywhere.
If you want to join busloads of, head for the area of the wall at Badaling, about 70 kms (43 miles) northwest of Beijing. The 'remote' part of the wall at Mutianyu (about 90 kms/56 miles northeast of Beijing) isn't so remote any longer but is still less crowded than Badaling.
(See additional Travelogue for more pics).
LATINOS is a great place to go, even if you can't dance you can enjoy the scenery. Very upscale atmosphere, picture yourself in Havana, right in the middle of Beijing.
The music was great from a full Latin band with horns, congos and bongos. The drinks were inexpensive and the scene was HOT!. Highly recommended! Dress to impress, not like a slacker.
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