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Thursday, 11 Jan 2007 | Views [560]
Aaiysha, Toby, Marc, and any other friends with asthma... pay special attention to this entry and heed my warning: STAY AWAY FROM XIAN. We touched down at night in Xian, so we didn't notice from the plane that the entire city is obscured by the densest ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Thursday, 11 Jan 2007 | Views [379]
January 11, 2007: - Goose Pagoda - Terra Cotta Soldiers - Traditional Foot Massage - Played cards in the hotel We stayed at the Sheraton in Xian. Don't bother. The lobby is impressive, the rooms much less so.
Tags: Sightseeing
Wednesday, 10 Jan 2007 | Views [498]
Howie Here... We went out on our own on January 10th and were fortunate to happen upon a great park outside the Temple of Heaven that reminded me in many ways of Central Park in NYC. We were there in the middle of the day on a work day, so most of ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Wednesday, 10 Jan 2007 | Views [359]
January 10th: - Park outside of the Temple of Heaven - Temple of Heaven and Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest - Walked around Beijing streets - Flew to Xian
Tags: Sightseeing
Tuesday, 9 Jan 2007 | Views [1048]
Outside of Beijing is an area where the Ming emperors are buried (all but two, I believe). There's a walkway up to the valley where the tombs are and it's beautiful. Before the actual walk, there's a structure that houses a statue of a tortoise. It's ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tuesday, 9 Jan 2007 | Views [408]
Stay away from "friendship" stores and the restaurants within them. Throughout China, there are these stores called "Frienship Stores" and they are made just for tourists. There's no way we would have gone in, but the tour guide ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Tuesday, 9 Jan 2007 | Views [427]
Howie here... We were picked up at our fantastic hotel (Shangri-La in Beijing) by our intrepid tour guide and his sidekick driver on January 9 and were off (!) to see the great wall of China. The weather was much better than we expected (as was the ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tuesday, 9 Jan 2007 | Views [326]
January 9th we were dragged to a jade factory tour, hiked the Great Wall for a couple of hours, had lunch at a really bad "friendship" restaurant (for tourists - not our choice), did the Sacred Walk and saw the Ming tombs, and then saw a Kung ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Monday, 8 Jan 2007 | Views [480]
(Guest Writer: Howie Fitzgerald) Our timing during this trip, relatively speaking, has been good. Beijing is normally a very cold and dreary city in January, but we were fortunate enough to have weather in the 30s and we enjoyed sunshine for the most ... Read more >
Tags: Shopping
Monday, 8 Jan 2007 | Views [884]
No tour is complete without being dragged to factories where the locals pander their wares. The first we were brought to was a pearl factory. For those of you who don't know how these things work, it goes like this: your tour guide brings you to a ... Read more >
Tags: Shopping
Monday, 8 Jan 2007 | Views [388]
Howie used to work in an exchange student program and interacted with lots of Japanese high school girls. There was one who had such a major crush on him. When I accompanied them all on a trip to Disneyland, I got some serious evil eye from her. Anyway, ... Read more >
Tags: People
Monday, 8 Jan 2007 | Views [303]
January 8th: Went to the Forbidden City, a pearl factory, had an amazing lunch, went to the Summer Palace, went to the Golden Resources Shopping Mall, and found a coat for mom.
Tags: Sightseeing
Sunday, 7 Jan 2007 | Views [401]
We got all our packing done at a reasonable hour. Marnee came over to keep us company while we threw stuff in bags. We got to the airport way earlier than we needed to and then found out that our flight had been delayed. It wasn't too bad, though.... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
