Trips for Lama Temple (Yonghegong)

We sent away for our Visas. We booked our flights to/from/within China, accomodations for the first two weeks and a small group tour (8 including us & the leader) for the second two weeks. We are almost packed and ready for our month long trip …

I somehow managed to get myself, two dogs, two large suitcases, and my backpack (containing, among other things, my camera and laptop) to the Calgary airport without too much trouble. West Jet was fabulous with Lincoln and Darla and they got …

This is my first trip to Beijing, the capital of China. One of my main itenary is to visit the Great Wall, and that makes me really excited. Beijing city is actually very easy to navigate. The roads are generally of a north-south and east-west …

Ok... so I got here ok. The wonderful city of Singpore. As expected the hotel is fabulous. It is the largest building in Singapore and linked to the Raffles Hotel and a massive shopping complex. The view from my room was fantastic and nothing …

Day 1 - Reached Beijing International Airport around 5pm Beijing time. The sky has turned dark, head straight to the Airport Express Bus station only costs me RMB16 per person to get to the west side of the city where my hotel is. Day 4 Today …

时候已经是冬天,不知道是北京空气好还是什么原因,总觉得北京的阳光异常的刺眼,踩着地面的雪,发出沙沙沙的响声,我很喜欢这种走路的感觉,就这样不紧不慢地从长安街一直走到王府井,独自一个人走在大街上,看着来来往往的人们,闻名于世的天安门广场。在明清时代，是帝皇 …

Local Lingo... Ni How - Hello Boo Yow - I dont need that! Shi Shi - Thank you EE - One AR - Two EE Jung - One Ticket EE Ping - One Bottle EE Bey - One Cup Sai Lai - More Dwey Bu Shi - Excuse Me/Sorry Wo Bu Dong - I dont understand Ting Bu Dong …

My husband and I travelled through China (Beijing to Urumqi in Western Xinjiang province) for 3 weeks in October. We didn't go super-luxury, but we didn't exactly rough it either. We mostly stayed in 3-star Chinese run hotels. We had a fabulous …