China Travel 2.0

Our open group sightseeing tours of Beijing are a great way of discovering all about the fascinating capital. These tours are available on fixed dates all the year round. Each morning, we will pick you up from your hotel, then you will go visit the major attractions together with other international tourists. Groups are kept [...]

I’d like to re-post the pictures from thetravelersnotebook, the pictures can tell the changes yesterday and today. goto the page to see more pictures for others places in the world. Beijing: Maybe they are not the very same places, but it is true that the old buildings are disapearing every single day. Shanghai-You can see, [...]

Thanks Jeremy Goldkorn for introducing a cool place for wild Greatwall and organic food around Beijing, Please see it as below. There is a beautiful valley just over an hour’s drive from Beijing where you can walk on some of the loveliest, unrestored bits of Great Wall anywhere. It’s called Chenjiapu (陈家堡). I’ve been going [...]

北京 Beijing Road Trip Articles will be inserted in this new column in the near future.

Where did this journey begin? I think the answer would have to be May 2009, after a short stop in Kl on the way to Vietnam with friends Craig & Annette. We had stopped in KL to visit friends Kerry & Paul and Dean spoke to them about always wanting to teach English in Asia [...]

I am Glad to tell that my friend-Lars will held his another great talk on 2009-11-07 at Garden Books with the title “Transformation Beijing:From an imperial past to symbols of modern china”. When you see his Beijing Postcards shop in Nanluoguxiang, you will know his knowledge about Beijing and China’s development and history. to be honest, some [...]

I’d like to introduce 2 Boutique hotels in Dongcheng district. the dongcheng district is the best preserved area in Beijing. and  there are lots of antique buildings and Hutongs, you can see the old hutongs(small lane) in Dongcheng district for more than 700 years history. only in the dongdistrict you can enjoy the cultural hotels [...]

Is there any hotels can meet the following requests? 1) good trasnportation close to Subway No 1 and 5, with the No 1 and 5 subway, you can goto anywhere almost in Beijing with only 2 rmb. and close to the airport. the Dongzhimen area is one of the best locations to airport. you can [...]

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Highlight Treasures always hidden in some unknown place waiting for someone to explore. Courtyard 7 is a treasure. hidden in a deep hutong near Nanluoguxiang, deep but worth to explore.The Courtyard 7 Hotel Beijing has a traditional design with 19 guestrooms centred around a courtyard. Amenities include a Western-style restaurant, bar and café. The reception [...]