This morning we got up really early to take a last walk to the Bund. We were there by 6.30. It was super nice without the millions of tourists, only the locals were doing their morning work out there. After admiring the view for a while, we decided to hunt for some breakfast, and then […]
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We got up early in de morning, to visit the park of the Temple of Heaven again, so we can see the morning Tai Chi, and it was all worth it. It was early in the morning, but the park was full of people working out, doing all kinds of sports in groups or alone. […]
We started our day a bit earlier today, as we wanted to check out the Summer Palace. It was more cloudy and as long as there was wind, the temperature seemed okay. As we arrived at and came out of the metro, there were already a lot of people. Not so many from the metro, […]
We started our day late, really late, around noon. We both had a hard time getting up in the morning, so we decided to just relax a bit. First, we went to Beijing West Railway Station to pick up our tickets, as we are leaving to Xi’an after tomorrow. The building itself looks really amazing, […]
We had left our hostel a bit late to go out for dinner, but we managed to find a place that looked quite nice. It turned out to be a hot pot place, and as we were arriving right around closing time, we received more than 50% discount, so we paid 172 yuan (162 kr) […]
Today was the big day for our Hike on The Great Wall of China. We had booked a 7 km hike through the hostel. We wanted to book a 10 km hike at first, but the staff asked if we were completely sure about that, so we decided to go with the 7 km trip. […]
Today we got up earlier to get the chance of actually getting into the Forbidden City. Everybody was on their way to work, so we managed to experience Chinese morning commute. There was a sea of people in the subway, it was like a well-oiled machine. The subway was full of people, but there was […]
After a good long sleep, we decided to attempt to get up early on our first whole day in Beijing. It took a bit longer than anticipated to get ready, so we started with breakfast at the partner-café next door to our hostel. A simple complimentary breakfast is included every morning, but we decided we […]
Finally the day has come, we arrived in Beijing! WOOP WOOP! We landed around 11.30 local time, and being the adventurous people we are, we decided to give the Beijing metro system a chance. It was a great choice, it is much simpler than it first seems, and it is also very very cheap. We […]