Beijing and my adventures with transport Another trip on the fast expensive train on Friday night had me in Beijing on time. The train arrived at a different part of the station and I had to walk past a vast area where probably hundreds of people were bunked down for the night. An increasingly longer […]
Stone Village Recently one of the students took me to visit a village constructed from stone. One of my students had been, enthused about it, showed me photos and so I wanted to go. Stone villages are uncommon in my experience and while I had been to Lijang it was a different kind of stone . […]
Walk to Behai Park My plans went a little awry so I ended up deciding on a trip to Behai Park despite the atmosphere being very white. Map of part of Beijing showing the route I walked to the park. The map shows where I started in the south and walked north past Tiananmen Square, […]
My Hostel and Food Last night I caught a late train to Beijing. The trip was fast comfortable and uneventful until I arrived. The taxi queue time blew out to half an hour but there were no brawls like last time. These are 2 of the carriages from the train. I am returning on the train […]
Another bus ride Yesterday was my day off and after a leisurely start to the day the presence of blue sky precipitated my movement out the door after I decided on a bus route. I chose to head west because I’ve never been there before and a supermarket was near the required bus stop and […]