The Cube

Following the previous post, here are some of the sights within this extensive ground of Summer Palace. Suzhou Market Street (Suzhoujie, 苏州街) If you travelled to Yíhé Yuán by subway, you will end up entering via North Palace Gate (Beigongmen, 北宫门) like us and start your way from Suzhou Market Street. This are...

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Yíhé Yuán was initially known as 'Garden of Clear Ripples' (Qīngyī Yuán, 清漪園) back in 1750, reign Year 15 of Qianlong Emperor. It has a large natural mountain and water landscape, dominated by Longevity Hill (Wàn Shòu Shān; 万寿山 and Kunming Hu (昆明湖). As early as Liao and Jin Dynasties, there were already palaces...

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Warning: This will be a boring post on stay and logistic. We stayed in a simple, no nonsense hostel named Beijing 235, ¥200 a night. Sis made booking via whatsapp. Yes, you didn't read wrongly, the room reservation was made via whatsapp. Very up to date. However we did ask for a confirmation...

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My flight to Beijing was the first time I travelled with China Southern Airlines, being the cheapest option at the time of travel. I know, I know it's probably more advantageous to stick to one airline and earn the reward points. However it is hard to ignore if a cheaper flight came up....

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In no particular order, just some random stuff. 10. Train stations in Beijing are huge. Even if it is a connection station (from one train line to another), be prepared to walk a couple of blocks. We only encounter one, at most two, that does not required massive walking for train connections. 9. 10 cents, 50...

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Fisher girl in Zhuhai Middle Kingdom is the literal translation of China in Mandarin. China in Mandarin read as "zhōngguó" where the first character zhōng (中) means middle and second character guó (國/国) means country or nation. Therefore - middle kingdom. This brain of mine was easily reminded of Lord of the Rings,...

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Source: Here After slightly over 6 years, I've finally get to see this talented and charming musicman in person (albeit from a certain distance). Long story short, I was planning to one of his concert 6 years ago but the timing was not right. Due to the lack of chinese based radio in Australia...

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