Beijing Favorites

 59 Reviews  I met Alvin thru the recommendation of another VTer and thank goodness for that decision to hire him. My Beijing trip became one of my most memorable jaunts since I was bitten by the travel bug in... 

 44 Reviews  I was there 3 years ago this November, from memory we arrived about 10am, Fistly do you know that you have to go across the road and leave everything there, e.g. camera, bags etc. it is not hard... 

 16 Reviews  Are you an expat looking for a church in Beijing? Please join us on Sunday at the Congregation of the Good Shepherd (COGS), which has been worshiping in Beijing since 1993. We are an international,... 

 28 Reviews  This is a fond memory of my trip to Beijing: people (mainly elderly) in Tiantan park/Temple of Heaven complex practising Tai Chi, walking backwards, playing ball games, exercising, singing, waltzing.... 

 13 Reviews  The thing we missed most about home was blue skies. In 28 days of travel in China, we saw only 4 days of blue skies. We were there in April 2010 and it was extremely cold in Beijing with a few... 

 16 Reviews  To Get a Feel of Local Setting I suggest you go to a local department store to be experience local beijing shopping if you have time and these are not near Wang Fu Jing but farther in Other districts,... 

 22 Reviews  We enjoyed our morning at the Temple of Heaven, which we found beautiful and relaxing. There were people picnicking in the grounds, and some people playing strange one-stringed instruments and... 

 27 Reviews  beijing has it's share of sweets and I could say that they are truly yummy but unfortunately i could not make out the translations since they have really bad chin-glish. some are very familiar like... 

 9 Reviews  The original Summer Palace was located southeast of the current Summer Palace and just north of Peking University's campus. Construction began in the early Qing dynasty (1709) and took nearly 150... 

 12 Reviews  When living in a hutong, you're exposed to some aspects of the locals' daily lives, such as their pets. In this case, I found these 3 furry charmers in the hutong where Red Lantern House (main and... 

 26 Reviews  In China, there are many beautiful gates built, many destroyed and rebuilt. This is one of my favorite gate located at the foot of Longevity Hill and overlooks Kunming Lake. It is a symbol of era... 

 5 Reviews  I had never thought that there was a lamasery (Lama temple) in Beijing. As we were travelling towards Tibet with its many Buddhist cloisters and temples, it was kind of surprising to see this... 

 5 Reviews  Having just started with this site, I decided to share some of my pictures.. When you walk, rather than getting a bus (even if it drops you at your door) there is always plenty to see everywhere you... 

 5 Reviews  DONT RENT APARTMENT BEHIND XIJIAO HOTEL WEST 1 BUILDING ITS 21 FLOOR HIGH BUILDING WHITE BEHIND XIJIAO HOTEL,THERE IS SECURITY IN ENTRANCE,,MANAGER NAME"MAO" ,WILL RENT HOUSE TO YOU AND EVERYTIME WILL... 

 5 Reviews  One of the main attractions which you can visit in Beijing is the Ming Tombs. This is the burial ground of 13 Emperors out of 17 Emperors of Ming Dinasty. This map shows the Ming Tombs' unique... 

 5 Reviews  This was one of two Salvador Dali exhibitions that I went to during my 2002 around the world trip... The other one was in Brugges, Belgium... Both exhibitions focused on fascinating late period works... 

 10 Reviews  Beijing is a vivid metropolis with over one hundred flyovers!The city is growing at a staggeringly fast pace, leaving those poorer cities behind. However this city has an extensive past; for a... 

 5 Reviews  China can be forbidding for an American (and most other nationalities, I guess) traveler because the use of characters makes reading signs impossible. What I found is that most young people speak... 

 1 Review  I visited the Beijing zoo but was very sad at the pathetic state of the entire place. I was really tempted - at that moment - to send the park officials inside the Panda House to make them clean... 

 2 Reviews  We really enjoyed taking in an acrobatic show while we were in Beijing. The feats are all quite amazing. Coming from a sport background where flexibility is key I am always in awe of the... 

 Martialsk Says:   Two important issues that we noticed:1. Beijing is a city of 20 million people. There is a high chance that the taxi driver may not know where your hotel is.... 

 ValbyDK Says:  Before I went to Beijing, I bought a map with street names, sights etc. written both in Chinese and in English.If you are going to explore the city and visit... 

 machomikemd Says:  the National Currency. the currency of the People's Republic of China. the latest series of Banknotes of the Renminbi are for ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, ¥20, ¥50 and ¥100....