Michael Chmilar's Travels

Tag: Beijing

  • Beijing Wrap-up

    Beijing Wrap-up

    Beijing is a good mix between the old and the new. It has lots of interesting cultural stuff, like the Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Great Wall, opera, acrobats, etc. But, it also has the facilities you expect to find in modern cities. Of course, once you’ve seen the tourist places, you probably…

  • Leaving Beijing

    Leaving Beijing

    I am travelling from Beijing to Shanghai, tonight, on a sleeper train. I have been in Beijing for four nights, and almost five days. I’ve been very busy seeing the sights, so I haven’t posted for a few days. I find that if I spend a lot of time uploading photos, I don’t manage to…

  • In Beijing, Now

    In Beijing, Now

    I arrived in Beijing this morning at 6:45am, after an overnight train journey. The trip took 11.5 hours. The soft sleeper to Beijing was nicer than the one from Chengdu to Xi’an. This one had an LCD TV screen for each bunk, and you could choose from a number of “channels”. One was playing movies…