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Old Beijing (Beijing Tian Zhu Jiao Hui) and Teatown (Cha Cheng)
If there was a theme today, it was awful service. Just terrible. As every day until now we have received only embarrasingly good service, I don't know if all the good help is at home on Sundays or if the air pollution has just gotten to me. If there's a theme song, it's probably what we came up with in the cab ride from Old Beijing to Teatown
"Going on down to Teatown
Going to have our selves a time
Tea to drink, day or night
Teetotalers without temptation
Going on down to Teatown
Going to meet some friends of mine
Chinese Faces Everywhere
People saying "ni hao lao wei"
And now, the photos:
A Touristy Area of Beijing
Framing
Where Public Transportation Leads: Bus-Lock
A Shrine Under Renovation at the CPCA (Communist Catholic) Headquarters
CPCA Calendar
View Into a Courtyard
Many Chinese Enjoy Imprisoning Animals ("Keeping Pets")
Replacing Wood with Bricks
Old Man and Statue of Old Man
The Lake
I last
No Ducks Allowed!
Street Scene
Modesty
(Im)modesty
A Tennessean in Beijing
A Tourist Bar
View from the Tourist Bar
Lady of tdaxp took this photo
Fishing in the old lake
Bar Blasphemy? (There's also a Living Waters bar down the road)
Starbucks
View from Starbucks Outdoor Seating
Having Lived in authentic Beijing, I've Become Fascinated with Lao wai
The Yunanese Who Told Us Our Restaurant Has Run Out of Rice (Leading to incredulity from Lady of tdaxp and friends)
These papers must have been fascinating -- as the staff and manager checked them like ten bajillion times
A Church
Street Mah Jong
Passing Mao Bye
Chinese National Opera House
Tea-House in Tea-Town
Modern Skyskraper Construction comes to Tea Town
Teletubbies / Children Concert Bordering Tea Town
Mr. Tea
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When This Becomes a Normal View, You Know Your Vacation is Cool
09:32 Posted by Dan tdaxp (Webmaster) in Beijing 2006 | Permalink | Comments (4) | Email this
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Hi Dan,
I also have some travel snippets on my trip to China from April 28-May 7 posted at my site. Feel free to stop by...
Best,
Shawn
Posted by: Shawn in Tokyo | Sunday, May 14, 2006
Shawn,
Thanks! I agree with your comments on the pollution -- that even became a theme of my latest pictures of Xiangshan (Fragrant Hills) [1].
I love your photos of Beijing [2], but I see you included a powerpoint. No opendocument presentation? :-)
PS: I like your logistical analysis of Kaesong too. [3]
[1] http://tdaxp.blogspirit.com/archive/2006/05/15/fragrant-hills-xiangshan-and-thoughts-on-smog.html
[2] http://asiagander.typepad.com/asia_gander/2006/05/china_trip_impr.html
[3] http://asiagander.typepad.com/asia_gander/2006/04/kaesong_industr_2.html
Posted by: Dan tdaxp | Monday, May 15, 2006
Thanks for the comments, Dan. I have enjoyed your pictures of the Beijing area, as well as your other posts related to Barnett's work.
I am still working on Kaesong, and should have posts up on the political, security, and people flows within the next week or two.
Take care of those lungs!
Shawn
Posted by: Shawn in Tokyo | Monday, May 15, 2006
tea is good for human being.so i like drink tea.thanks for your share.white tea
Posted by: chinese tea supplier | Wednesday, April 07, 2010