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Beijing Capital International Airport
Code: PEK
Location
The airport is situated 25km (16 miles)
northeast of Beijing.
Airport News
The huge new US$2 billion Terminal 3 is
scheduled to open in early 2008, ahead of the
Beijing Olympics, as is a new direct metro line
from the airport to the city centre.
Code: PEK
Location
The airport is situated 25km (16 miles)
northeast of Beijing.
Airport News
The huge new US$2 billion Terminal 3 is
scheduled to open in early 2008, ahead of the
Beijing Olympics, as is a new direct metro line
from the airport to the city centre.
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Things To Do in Beijing
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Beijing Hostels
Introducing Beijing
by The Backpacker
Damn, Beijing is a big place. Its not just that the city is big - bursting with
people in every corner. Everything that they build here is.. BIG! No
kidding. We list here..
The Top 3 BIGGEST Beijing Attractions:
1. The Great Wall: Mongolians stay out! Like all the other attractions
featured in today’s article, this was built ever so long ago as a defence
against the country’s northern invaders.
by The Backpacker
Damn, Beijing is a big place. Its not just that the city is big - bursting with
people in every corner. Everything that they build here is.. BIG! No
kidding. We list here..
The Top 3 BIGGEST Beijing Attractions:
1. The Great Wall: Mongolians stay out! Like all the other attractions
featured in today’s article, this was built ever so long ago as a defence
against the country’s northern invaders.
You can see this wall from up in space, they say,
and really, this place needs no introduction. The
walls wind all the way as far as the eye can see.
Badaling is the portion of the wall most people
may tell you to go because it has been rebuilt and
you will get all the towers and rebuilt walls for
your camera. However, JinShanLing and SiMaTai
attract good reviews from the more adventurous
tourists because there will be less people there
and the scenery more picturesque.
2. Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City:
Wow, if you think you have seen enough palaces
and castles from travelling around the world, you
ain’t seen nothing yet. The Forbidden City is
fronted by the Tiananmen Square, the worlds
largest public square (if there is anywhere close to
this, it would be absolutely amazing) and scene of
the Tiananmen Massacre. The sight of green-
uniformed, red badged guards stationed around
the square gives a real feel of the old communist
state ruled with an firm fist. Common folk were
once forbidden from entering the great palace that
you see beyond the square, and when you enter
the most enormous courtyard you have every
seen, and thus the beginning of a place that feels
like a whole different world by itself. Architecture
here is also quientessentially Chinese, and
perhaps the best bird’s eye view of it all can be
seen at Mao’s Masoleum (located outside, next to
the Tiananmen Square)the resting place of the
father of communism in China.
3. Summer Palace: Beijing gets pretty hot in the
summer, and once you’ve been to the Forbidden
City, you will imagine its a real oven there
especially! So the royalty moves to the Summer
Palace then, where the collection of palace
temples, gardens, pavilions, and lakes served as a
cooler retreat for the imperial court. Whilst a major
part of the place is taken up by Kunming Lake, its
boats and lakeside resting places, along with the
main tower/hall, a personal highlight is also the a
long corridor along one side of the lake, filled with
mythical paintings and scenes.
Top Notes of Caution:
1. People: There are just so many of them! That
alone is alright, but many smart local Chinese folks
start having the dollar sign in their eyes when they
spot the foreigner walking by. Taxi? Souveneir?
Take photo with mascot dressed up as Chinese
Emperor? You want woman?! They will sell you
anything, and be aware that a big number of
unlicensed/selling low quality products/pricing
goods depending on how rich you look. No kidding.
Best advice may be a) don’t start, because they
will NOT let you off that easily thereafter; and b)
inspect goods’ quality and know your prices before
you start - what is cheap to you may be a killing to
them, especially if they are selling you non-
authentic souveneirs.
2. Extreme Weathers: Beijing is located quite far
from the coastline, is packed with people and
mega-structures, and is in fact next to the desert.
Winters (subzero temperatures) and summers
(above 40 degrees Celcius) are extreme so
autumns may be a good time (with less tourists as
well).
The Backpacker blogs on http://BackpackersAsia.
com, part of the Asia websites group including http:
//PropertyAndAsia.com and http://RoyalFlushAsia.
com. Visit us for pictures and guides on touring
Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Xi'an, Singapore,
Bali, Phukett, Goa, Dubai or any other destination
in Asia.
Article Source: ArticleCube.com - Free Articles
Directory
and really, this place needs no introduction. The
walls wind all the way as far as the eye can see.
Badaling is the portion of the wall most people
may tell you to go because it has been rebuilt and
you will get all the towers and rebuilt walls for
your camera. However, JinShanLing and SiMaTai
attract good reviews from the more adventurous
tourists because there will be less people there
and the scenery more picturesque.
2. Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City:
Wow, if you think you have seen enough palaces
and castles from travelling around the world, you
ain’t seen nothing yet. The Forbidden City is
fronted by the Tiananmen Square, the worlds
largest public square (if there is anywhere close to
this, it would be absolutely amazing) and scene of
the Tiananmen Massacre. The sight of green-
uniformed, red badged guards stationed around
the square gives a real feel of the old communist
state ruled with an firm fist. Common folk were
once forbidden from entering the great palace that
you see beyond the square, and when you enter
the most enormous courtyard you have every
seen, and thus the beginning of a place that feels
like a whole different world by itself. Architecture
here is also quientessentially Chinese, and
perhaps the best bird’s eye view of it all can be
seen at Mao’s Masoleum (located outside, next to
the Tiananmen Square)the resting place of the
father of communism in China.
3. Summer Palace: Beijing gets pretty hot in the
summer, and once you’ve been to the Forbidden
City, you will imagine its a real oven there
especially! So the royalty moves to the Summer
Palace then, where the collection of palace
temples, gardens, pavilions, and lakes served as a
cooler retreat for the imperial court. Whilst a major
part of the place is taken up by Kunming Lake, its
boats and lakeside resting places, along with the
main tower/hall, a personal highlight is also the a
long corridor along one side of the lake, filled with
mythical paintings and scenes.
Top Notes of Caution:
1. People: There are just so many of them! That
alone is alright, but many smart local Chinese folks
start having the dollar sign in their eyes when they
spot the foreigner walking by. Taxi? Souveneir?
Take photo with mascot dressed up as Chinese
Emperor? You want woman?! They will sell you
anything, and be aware that a big number of
unlicensed/selling low quality products/pricing
goods depending on how rich you look. No kidding.
Best advice may be a) don’t start, because they
will NOT let you off that easily thereafter; and b)
inspect goods’ quality and know your prices before
you start - what is cheap to you may be a killing to
them, especially if they are selling you non-
authentic souveneirs.
2. Extreme Weathers: Beijing is located quite far
from the coastline, is packed with people and
mega-structures, and is in fact next to the desert.
Winters (subzero temperatures) and summers
(above 40 degrees Celcius) are extreme so
autumns may be a good time (with less tourists as
well).
The Backpacker blogs on http://BackpackersAsia.
com, part of the Asia websites group including http:
//PropertyAndAsia.com and http://RoyalFlushAsia.
com. Visit us for pictures and guides on touring
Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Xi'an, Singapore,
Bali, Phukett, Goa, Dubai or any other destination
in Asia.
Article Source: ArticleCube.com - Free Articles
Directory
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