China Travel Stories

An Indian tourist in China By N.N.Sachitanand

Date: 2008-10-19 22:55:00 by chinatravel; Tags: China travel

It was 2004 ,two years after my retirement. My wife and I , both inveterate travelers, had already done the usual roundof theIndian outbound tourist - U.S.A., U.K., Western Europe, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Balietc. We considered a number of new places to visit . How about China ?suggested my son . You can get to see the glorious Forbidden Kingdomin Beijing .He hadjust seen a rerun of Th ... View Details

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Bird's Nest-ing

Date: 2008-10-19 8:12:00 by jamon919; Tags: Olympics Beijing China sports athletics Bir''''''''''''''''s nest stadium

The magnificent birds nest stadium loomed into view as the cab sped into the central Olympic cluster comprising of the national stadium, the national aquatics centre, a few other smaller Olympic venues and the enormous Olympic green park. Yet, as soon as the magnificent stadium made its entrance on the horizon, it pretty much just stayed there. So near yet so far. Wondering what slowed the traffic ... View Details

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Olympic Sands

Date: 2008-10-19 8:04:00 by jamon919; Tags: Olympics Beijing beach volleyball chaoyang

It's starting soon! Come on! My partner yelled to me as we rushed out of the gate towards the road, as part of a mad rush to get to the Olympic beach volleyball semi-finals in time. As luck would have it, cabs were nowhere to be found in our time of need. The usual snaking lines of red cabs with overly passionate drivers seemed to have disappeared overnight. Damned! I thought to myself. ... View Details

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