China day 10: Beijing.

Submitted by maria on Tue, 08/09/2009 - 20:11

We arrived in Beijing at seven in the morning, we haven't slept at all and we're a wreck. We take two taxis (there are five of us) and each taxi driver more or less understands the address.

 

Hutong

Hutong

 

 

We stay at the Quian Men hostel, some of us appear at the beginning of the street and others almost at the door of the hostel (always a taxi meter, especially if you don't know how much the race is worth).

Our hostel is great, well located, clean and with a fantastic inner courtyard.

 

Hutong

Hutong

 

Hutong

Hutong

 


We rest a bit and start to take the pulse of the city.

We stay next to a hutong (traditional neighbourhood), it is a network of streets with low grey brick houses and common bathrooms distributed according to the number of inhabitants. It is fortunate that these neighborhoods are still preserved and we can learn about Chinese customs. They share a house and a shop.

 

Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square

 

Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square

 


Chinese calligraphy is an art that is being lost. We take advantage of the fact that we found an expert to ask him to write our names as a souvenir, we agree to pick them up the next day.

 

Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square

 


First visit to the illuminated Tiananmen Square and at night already impresses its magnitude.

 

Accommodation: Quian Men hostel, is very well located and economical.

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