Beijing, China

Jul 9, 2009

My second day in Beijing (apologies for poor chronology) I walked over to Ri Tan Park (inciting my later unfortunate endeavor to Di Tan Park). Unfortunately, the experience doesn't translate into exciting reading but if you're ever in Beijing you should pay it a visit. I spent most of the day there, amongst the shady trees which keep the place cool, reason enough on a 37 degree day, and the loud sounds of insect and birdsong. The park is quite...

Beijing, China

Jul 7, 2009

The days are starting to blur a little and I'm not sure what I've left out. I've been revisiting the interesting places nearby, near Bei Hai park, the Drum Tower and the Bell Tower, and Wangfujing Dajie, the shopping street. Daring to walk a little further one day, I walked up through the northern area of central Beijing. Not going in any particular direction I stopped to check my map and saw I was marginally closer to Di Tan Park than I had b...

Beijing, China

Jul 7, 2009

The days are starting to blur a little and I'm not sure what I've left out. I've been revisiting the interesting places nearby, near Bei Hai park, the Drum Tower and the Bell Tower, and Wangfujing Dajie, the shopping street. Daring to walk a little further one day, I walked up through the northern area of central Beijing. Not going in any particular direction I stopped to check my map and saw I was marginally closer to Di Tan Park than I had b...

Beijing, China

Jul 7, 2009

Continued from above: That evening I followed the garden path to the interrsecting road. By now the sun had almost set. A steady flow of people subtley slipped into a small side-street across from me. I followed, glad to have been given a direction to continue in, under a carved archway (usually a good sign if you're a tourist looking for cheap food and junk). The street was filled with people, bikes and occassionally cars, squeezing through ...

Beijing, China

Jul 4, 2009

Ok, so this is my first almost-week: Before leaving Australia, I spent my first night in a cheap hotel in Sydney. Mum came up; with me so she could see me off at the airport and we spent the ebvening in Krispy Kreme and Maccas rather than staying in our tiny, ugly room. The highlight of the night was seeing two large cockroaches while walking outside. hmm, interesting stuff. I arrived in Malaysia after a long flight from Sydney. Mum had seen...