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By JDELEZ | 12/15/2010 5:11:37 PM

we have book travel for beijing on December 26,27 and 28 and travel to Harbin on December 28 evening until December 29, 2010... We are still trying to book train tickets for BEIJING TO HARBIN and HARBIN TO BEIJING please help us... TRAIN is much cheaper than AIRPLANE... thank u very much... please help

How to get to the Great Wall in Mutianyu from Beijing
By MICHELE_MAND | 4/15/2010 10:21:47 AM

On April 12th, 2010 we travelled from Beijing to the Great Wall in Mutianyu, thanks to the information in this website we found easily to organize a trip of our own without joining messy and doubtful tour packages from the Capital. So I confirm that you can get to Mutianyu Great Wall section also by train from Beijing North station to Huairou, which has its own station in the near Huairou North. Departures are at different times, we took the one at 9.04am.Trip was very slow indeed, we got at Huairou North by 10.30, to find out the place is quite deserted, and with lots of private drivers to get you to Huairou, or Mutianyu directly. Being all there and well organized, prices are all the same, they do not even fight to get the clients... They ask RMB 50 each to go to Huiarou, or 100 to Mutianyu, claiming thay Hairou is 25 km from there. It is actually abt 5 km, you can bargain to 40 minimum. We were 2, so had to pay 100 RMB to get to Mutianyu. The lady who took us was kind indeed, and drove a Chinese sedan very smooth and clean, 20 minutes and we for there. In Mutianyu you can climb the stairs to the Wall (around 20 minutes at average pace), or pay for the cable to wire you up there. For the way down we decided to go on the funny side and took the toboga slide, a 3 minutes bob-sledge descent at RMB 50.
Way back: a lady of a food stand offered to brings us back to Huairou for RMB 60, and left us at the bus stop of bus 916. There are 3 bus #ed 916, you have to take the one with a green plate saying Kuaisu, or Gaosu I do not recall now, meaning it gets to Beijing Dongzhimen station of line 2. You can ask the driver, usually they understand you want to get to Dongzhimen as a foreigner so they nod or shake their head to you. Price is quite cheap, RMB 7 for all the way to Bj, about one hour, most of is spent at infamously slow speed on the highway.
I would recommend to take the bus from BJ Dongzhimen bus station to get to Huairou and then grab a cab or a private car from there to the Wall.

Accommodation during the Beijing Olympics 2008
By GLOBALCOMDIR | 1/15/2008 9:07:17 PM

If you are not able or willing to pay such prices you can try to stay in a smaller hotel. These can be found online, e.g. by using the English version of Ctrip. You might not be able to book online one year in advance for rooms, but at least it gives you an idea about hotel names and facilities, and their usual prices. Then you can then try to find the websites from these hotels in Google (although many may not have a site), and call them or send them an email. If you call be prepared that nobody speaks sufficient English, and if you send an email you might not get an answer. But if you try several hotels one should eventually work. Tip: The Home Inn hotels have decent, clean rooms and are not expensive (less than USD 40/night for a double room).

Another option is to look at serviced apartments. You may need to book them for at least a full month, but you might still end up saving money in the end. A Google search should help yo to find them. If you want to see a lot of events, the best location would be in the north or northeast of Beijing (Haidian, Asian Games Village or Chaoyang district) because of travel times to the Olympic sites.

But there is also the option to live in apartments that people rent out especially for the Olympics. The site can be found at http://www.2008motel.com (Keywords: Accommodation Beijing and Apartment Beijing) I think this is a very smart idea, and I hope many people can find decent and not-too-expensive beds during the Games through this site.

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Thatsallie Beijing experiences
By SAILR | 10/31/2007 2:21:54 PM

I am surprised thatsallie had such bad experiences in Beijing. I have never been the victim of racism in Beijing or anywhere else in China for that matter. As for the athsma, Beijing's air is so much better today than it was a year ago when I was there that I was amazed.

I guess anyone can have a bad experience anywhere. Sorry you had bad things happen to you.

Story of China Tea
By JASMINEFONG | 3/24/2005 12:08:40 PM

Tea is thought to have been first used in the southwest of China. It was known during the Han dynasty but became popular during the Tang dynasty. At that time, the creation of perfect pot of tea became almost an art form. As the rituals developed, tea drinking became a ceremony. Even though the ceremonial aspect has all disappeared today, teahouses remain full.

Brewed a cup of tea, the second infusion is considered the best, but the leaves can be used again and again.

Nowadays, green tea is gaining its popularity in all over the world. Scientific studies show that drinking green tea can reduce cancer risk. Other than green tea, you may also find decent black tea, oolong tea, herbal tea and other medicinal teas in China.

Christian Churches in Beijing
By PRAYINGPOLARBEAR | 1/12/2005 12:21:07 PM

Chongwen Men Church
Add.: No.2, Hougou Hutong, Chongwenmennei
Tel: 010-65133549
Service: Sunday 9:30
Kuanjie Church
Add.: no.50 Dongda Street, Di An Men, Dongcheng District
Tel: 010-64032592
Serviced: Sunday9:00
Haidian Church
Add.:No.10 Zhuaishuihu, Haidian District
Tel: 010-62551392
Serviced: Sunday9:00
Zhushikou Church
Add.: No.129, Qianmen Street
Tel: 010-63016678
Serviced: Sunday7:30 10:00
Waigangshi Church
Add.: No.57, Xisi Nanda Street
Tel: 010-66176181
Serviced: Sunday7:30 9:30 13:00 19:00

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