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Month: October 2015

Hiking the Great Wall

Hiking the Great Wall

  I remember the host of a tea house in the Japan Alps, who explained to us why he didn’t like Chinese tourists too much. They would come in large busses and numbers, make a lot of noise, take a lot of pictures and set off, never going beyond the main attraction. So here we are now, in the motherland of mass tourism. And clearly one main attraction not to be missed is the Great Wall. After already having experienced first hand what touristy…

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Review: Grandmas Creative Kitchen

Review: Grandmas Creative Kitchen

    Hands down the nicest place for a good meal we’ve been to in Beijing. Located in one of Beijing’s Hutongs this cosy restaurant serves great meals and isn’t at all expensive. The service is attentive, very welcoming and friendly. Its the kind of place you instantly feel at home. They have an english menu and some staff there even speak English. We went there twice and given more time we would of gone again. My favourite was the…

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Beijing

Beijing

Beijing was our first impression of China. To us it seemed more like three cities in one. There is the modern Beijing where people live and work, it’s very alive, a bit scruffy, busy, loud and quite chaotic, especially the traffic. Always watch out for traffic, they’re out to get you. Beijing is not at all as organised as we thought it would be, at least on the outside, can’t really say what its like working there. Public transportation is…

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