Thursday, August 17, 2006

first impressions of Beijing

oh my god I am really here!! There is so much to tell already even though I just arrived this afternoon... I had a good flight... just took f***ing two hours to get through the immigration here... and then to get the luggage another "uurtje" (hour!)... but everthing arrived so thats at least something!
Other than that, what is Beijing like ? ? ?
It is hot. it is really really hot. Glad that the hostel dorm has an airco, oh by the way - to get to the hostel I already tried out typical Chineese way of transportation (or dutch?) - I came by bike... but since I am the absolute luxury traveller, I didnt cycle myself but took one of the rickshaws... if the pics are good I will put them on soon! Anyways it was a funny half hour ride thriough Beijing traffic, which you should explore one day yourself!
Other than that I didnt do that much yet... just a little bit of shopping and wandering up this "street" here.... in total I spent like 70 Eurocents!! haha... I wanna stay here!! hmm....
ok guys, tomorrow I'll go check out the forbidden city and Tiananmen square (Platz des Himmlischen Friedens in German!) and I am planning to sleep over at the Great Wall on Monday night...
will write again soon!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey Claudia!

It is good to hear that you arrived in Beijing safe and sound. I think those bicycles are called "cycle rickshaws" ;-)

Did you already try some typical Chinese specialties? Hopefully you will have a great time! Watch after yourself ok?

Groetjes x karliene