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Safety Beijing
37 Reviews Watch out for the guy trying to take you to his club. Never get in someones car. Taxi's are too cheap, and I love riding the city bus. The bus is an experience in itself, but if you get lost, don't be...
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Toilets Beijing
17 Reviews Well they have these in Japan, too and I hate them. Fortunately, a lot of places (in Japan) have modern ones. China not so much (actually I'd think hardly at all). On the other hand, it's better...
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Pollution Beijing
16 Reviews I’m currently studying Chinese here in Beijing and I’m an intern on Heyrobics. Heyrobics is a fun and social way to exercise. Before coming here, I was very worried about the pollution. Everyday I...
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Restaurants/Nightclubs Beijing
12 Reviews DONT GO TO BARS LIKE" PROPAGANDA BAR" ETC IN WUDAOKOU AREA CLOSE TO BLCU,,AS WELL IN SANLITUN,MY U.S FRIEND WENT TO TOILET IN PROPAGANDA BAR -WUDAOKOU ,CHINESE PEOPLE ASKED HIM WHERE HE IS FROM THAN...
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Change Money Beijing
10 Reviews Beware of street traders giving you counterfeit notes in your change. Check the watermark and feel of any notes you are given. In the Summer Palace I bought some postcards from a hawker using the...
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Shopping Beijing
16 Reviews I spent 5 nights in Beijing in March 2010 during which I made 2 purchases using credit card : one for hotel bill, the other in a well established restaurant well known for its peking duck. Both credit...
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Beggars Beijing
19 Reviews At the some location somebody ( in my case two young girl at qianmen dajie) will asking you, where we are come from. Then, if we can't speak Chinese, she will speak English fluently. They want some...
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Taxis/Pedicabs Beijing
17 Reviews Most common and the cheapest taxis in Beijing are Red Taxis. They are also officially licensed and you can check that by the large license-card with photograph of the driver on the dash-board. They...
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Traffic Beijing
22 Reviews Be careful when crossing streets. Not onlky do you have to watch out for for the usual cars and buses, but also bicycles and scooters. These frequently dont abide by the rules as the 4 wheeled...
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Climate Beijing
12 Reviews The Chinese Wall in July and August can be a very hot experience. I was there one day in August, and it was 40 C and no wind. Puh... Make sure you have enough water, or money to buy refreshments. The...
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Health Beijing
12 Reviews BEIJING When travelling here in China it is immediately noticeable that locals tend to spit anywhere and anytime. Apart from it being really unhygenic it is a common custom practiced allover. The...
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Great Wall Beijing
10 Reviews I was about to write " a nightmare" but it was a lye: not even that, only... impossible. Our only chance to access the wall in Badaling was to leave the bus more than 2 km before it, and walk along...
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Crowds Beijing
9 Reviews Be prepared to share your space with lots of people. The Forbidden City is huge, but we hardly imagine how could have lived there about 8000 people. I think that the simultaneous visitors will be...
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If you are going to Beijing, choosing the right time to go is very important to avoid the haze and sandstorm. When I was there in April 2008 (spring time), the haze was quite bad, and usually sandstorms will occur during middle of the year or so. I think the best time to visit is autumn (October to November) when the temperature is cooling and the sky is clearer.
Because of the Beijing Olympic Games 2008, the Beijing International Airport has expanded a lot and there is now several terminal/buildings.While the airport now looks very modern, do expect delay because your plane may take longer time to move from the runway to the airport terminal. Furthermore, the airport is so huge that it takes quite long to move from the plane to the customs clearance checkpoint and finally to the carpark or vehicle/bus waiting area. Just give yourself more time if you are planning your travel schedule.
If you randomly walk around Tienanmen Square or other popular tourist spots, without a group, expect to be solicited by the multitudes of "can I practice my English with you" con-artists. Usually it will be a couple of cute girls claiming to be college students, but sometimes it's a guy & gal, and it could even be a solo practitioner.They will make some small talk, perhaps show you some of the sites, and eventually ask if you want to go for a drink which will end up being at one of potentially dozens of teahouses in the area buried back in some place they'll never expect you to be able to find again.My first time in Beijing alone, I actually fell for this and got hit with a ridiculous bill from the Catital Tea House. For a longer account of this by another traveler (not me) who got burned here see: http://atomicpug.net/shane/2005/11/09/an-adventure-an-experience-and-a-lesson/Needless to...
There are lots of illegal taxis in Beijing so be careful. If the taxi does not have a meter, try not to take it as the driver will try to quote you a high price if you are a foreigner who do not know the price well. I was told that some foreigns had to pay RMB$600 for a taxi ride from the airport to Beijing on illegal taxis when the actual cost in a normal taxi is only about RMB$100.
Because Beijing is still using coal as a main form of energy in the city, you will notice that the city will get smoggy and polluted. This is made worse by the many constructions going on in the city. However, all this will be stopped a few months before the 2008 Beijing Olympics so that the city will be in good shape to welcome visitors from all over the world. Another big problem in Beijing is the bad sandstorms that occur during the middle of the year due to the sand from the Gobi Desert north of Beijing, sometimes visibility can be very bad. Lastly, the winter months in Beijing can be very cold, so be careful. The best time to visit Beijing is in the autumn months of September to mid-November and during springtime around May.
Wangfujing Street is a great place to people watch. If you are a single guy, walking on the street alone after 5:00 PM you will be approached by beautiful young girls pretending to be college students, who want to practice their language skills. They may very well be students. They may want to practice English. But, first they will ask you if you want to sit and have a drink of tea and just talk. It will sound very innocent and how can you get hurt? If you agree they will walk with you inside a large department store. Again, it seems really innocent and safe. You'll climb to the third or fourth floor. There toward the back of the building you three will finally come to rest inside a pretty tea house. This tea house has private rooms as well as public tables. Here's where the scam comes in and this is my warning. Don't agree to buy anything unless you are prepared to spend 1,000 to 2,000...
1) If you wear contact lenses, make sure you have a pair of spare opticals, just in case your eyes can't tolerate the polluted air, you can always change contacts into the glasses.2) Lip stick, and plenty of moisturing cosmetics to protect your skin and lip skin from sands and the dry air.3) Check the weather before your trip, make sure if they have sand storm. If so, take a mask with you, just in case.-- it's not good looking at all, well, I regret i didn't have one then. hehe..
Don't even try to leave your hotel without any paper with the name and the address of the hotel in Chinese. Othervise you probably will have a pleasure to look it all the night. Chinese are very nice people, but with all the good welling their english isn't very well
Please do not "duck-nap" these chopsticks holders from Quan Ju De (Peking Duck) like I do. I just cannot resist this cute little thing. Probably I did it out of my respect for the quality Peking ducks served by Quan Ju De. Try to find an excuse for the mistake done. Hehe!!!
In China, I get more internet intrusion in 1 day as compare to my whole year web browsing back in Kuala Lumpur.Make sure you have an updated antivirus & firewall software on your computer. And I noticed most of the attackers are from Russia.I have special advice to attackers who are too free to do all the intrusions. Go “play” yourself.
Park Plaza Beijing Wangfujing Beijing
4 Reviews and 773 Opinions Located centrally in the Wangfujing area, this hotel is close to everywhere you want to get to...
Beijing Huakun Manor Hotel Yanqing
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Shangri-La Hotel Beijing Beijing
6 Reviews and 223 Opinions I stayed there in April of 2007 and was at first disappointed when the driver approached the...
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Q: is it ideal to book my train ticket on my arrival to beijing 3 days before departing to xian? or it has to be done online 15 days...
A: most of the online tickets are over-priced.You can just do it in Beijing when you are there...3 days before the departure will be fine for the Xian ticket
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