Beijing Airport
by woosha708
Very clean and efficient. Don't forget your Airport Tax payment before departure.
Shopping is overpriced, but not bad for last min. gifts to take home. Be sure to bargain including pulling the "walk-away" move!
Quick, easy eating on the lower level. Can be a fun adventure w/o Chinese language knowledge.
Westerners
by pmarshuk
Do not be surprised if people on the street cover their mouths and noses as they walk past you. Because the Chinese diet does not include anywhere near as many dairy products as the west, we give off a very distinctive odour which they find unpleasant.
Tastefully decorated
by ghweeh
At least that was my view when I looked at these dustbin in the park. Even at other attactions I visited, each have their uniqueness. Amazed that they paid so much attention right down to things that people hardly notice. They were always three side-by-side; batteries, non-recycle & recycle.
Lufthansa Shopping Center
by Bamara about Very good quality for reasonable prices
The Lufthansa Shopping Center has a very good selection of the best goods you can buy at Beijing. For acceptable and reasonable prices you can find from silk scarves to chinese medicine almost everything. I have been there in 1992 so the pic was made during that time. But I have heard, that the Shopping center is still excellent. Silk textiles for very good prices and other typical textiles. Average prices compare to the very good qualtity you will get
No Shortage of Night Life
by keeweechic about Hard Rock Cafe
I walked for miles past numerous ring roads, construction and highways until I found this place. The map I had wasn't exactly to scale! All for the sake of collecting a guitar pin! However a cold beer at the end of a very hot and tiring day was very welcomed. The food wasn't bad either and there was an Australian band playing.
The restaurant entrance features a bright red 1960 vintage Cadillac, a huge neon-lit guitar, and marble piano keys that pave the way to the Cafe. The interior offers an 8-metre-wide dome, painted with images of Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, and popular tourist spots such as Tiananmen Square and Temple of Heaven. The guitar-shaped bar, measuring 11.5 metres, is truly a masterpiece. The centre stage is set against a huge stained glass wall measuring 4.6 metres by 4.8 metres
It was interesting to see a table of American couples nearby who had obviously just adopted new Chinese babies.. all comparing notes and just enjoying a 'new family' night out.