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Old Dragon’s Head
Only a few hours by car away from Beijing the Old Dragon’s Head leads into the Bohai sea.
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The Eastern Qing Tombs and Dowager Empress Cixi’s Final Resting Place
Weekends are for daytripping – at the end of last month that motto brought us to the Eastern Qing Tombs in Zunhua, almost 130km northeast of the Jing in the province of Hebei.
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The Pride of Lions guarding Beijing’s Marco Polo Bridge
Saturday, the 29th of April 2017 One more of Beijing’s sights is down from our tourist bucket list. Last weekend we took a bus all the way out to the suburbs of Beijing and visited the Marco Polo Bridge, a historically significant place in the south-west of town. There is not much else out there,…
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Temple of Ancient Monarchs Li Dai Di Wang Miao in Beijing
Saturday, the 21th of January 2017 Today is another day of brilliant blue skies and sunshine in Beijing. Three weeks into the new year the weather is freezing cold, but due to the icy winds the air is clear again and you can see the mountains surrounding the city miles away. Naturally, we always want…
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Five Day Trip to Seoul, South Korea
One of the banes of living abroad (and especially in China) are visa runs – being forced to leave the country simply for the purpose of renewing your residence permit. So why not use the compulsory trip to catch up on some long due traveling, in our case bridging the 1000km distance from the Jing…
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Heilongtan National Scenic Area – Beijing’s Black Dragon Pond
Some 60 k out of Beijing one can visit the Black Dragon Pond, or Heilongtan, in Miyun district. The area is marked by a collection of small ponds of clear water, that are fed by a well somewhere in the mountains above. It is a nice change to the busy city life in Beijing proper,…
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The World’s Largest Glassfloor Viewing Platform now opened in Beijing
On May Day 2016, the world’s largest glass floor viewing platform opened in Beijing. Of course we went, and here is how we got there: A few Saturday’s back we took the early morning bus 635 (or 117, whichever you prefer), riding to Dongzhimen. From there, we interchanged at Dongzhimen chuniuzhan (the hub station) to…
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Hexigten Global Geopark, Inner Mongolia, Northern China
Photo documentary from our road trip to Inner Mongolia. The second stop took us to a UNESCO geopark.
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Nocturnal Fleamarket in Wudaokou
A nightmarket near Tsinghua University in Wudaokou district. Mainly shoes and second hand clothing, badminton rackets, and old electrical gear. Whatever isn’t needed anymore is brought here – who know if someone else has a need for second hand dried blueberries.
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Tianning Temple Tower
The other day we accidentially discovered a small buddhist temple in Beijing’s Xicheng district. It was a beautiful day, we just came back from the old CCTV Tower and saw the tip of the pagoda while riding past in a bus. Although it was surrounded by the usual overdone new structures that you also find…