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Travel stories and photos from Beijing, China. 41 posts.
I was traveling from #Beijing to #Shanghai on a high-speed train. There are no problems with this in China - just buy tickets in advance on trip.com, and don't forget to bring your passport with you. Train stations in China are essentially airports, so…
#Beijing I think I've posted everything I found interesting about Beijing, and I'd like to sum up this trip. After all, this is my first full-fledged trip to China, and it usually sets a certain standard. Starting with the basics - is it worth visiting…
#Beijing Whoever gets up early, they... Photograph the view from the hotel window before dawn.
#Beijing One of my favorite photos from Beijing - it perfectly conveys the average impressions of this city. (I'm losing interest in this post)
#Beijing The echoes of the city's old architecture.
#Beijing I don't notice it very often, but where there are details, they work very well. Absolutely everyday elements on the streets often refer to the landmark in the area where they are located.
#Beijing The family is happily picking apples, what else could they be doing?))
#Beijing In China, it's absolutely impossible to navigate with maps. Google Maps might show the most popular places, but local Baidu Maps have the most inconvenient interface - it's a total nightmare to find anything. And restaurant reviews are in a…
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#Beijing I visited the Temple of Heaven. And it was just a total hype and disappointment. There's a paid entrance, tons of people, but almost no content. Inside the building, there's a hall with a throne, but you can't go in there. Around the area, there's…
#Beijing The only place where I experienced the great Chinese social rating system firsthand. This vending machine allows you to select a drink, scan the Alipay code, and simply take a bottle from the refrigerator. But since my credit score as a tourist is…
#Beijing Kojima is a genius So, guys, they're taking out the trash from the Great Wall of China.
#Beijing Of course, I visited the Great Wall of China. I don't know about you, but I always had the impression that it's an overhyped tourist attraction where people are just taken there by buses to look around and there's nothing to do there. But, firstly,…
#Beijing The air quality in Beijing is clearly visible. The difference between the photos is literally just a week. When the city is shrouded in haze, visibility drops to a few kilometers. On a clear day, you can see up to 20 kilometers, even the mountains…
#Beijing The Summer Imperial Palace in Beijing is truly magnificent, and it's a huge complex of buildings built by the lake in the north of the capital. Unfortunately, it's often overshadowed by more popular attractions, and not every tourist has the time…
#Beijing Even though China isn't famous for its bar culture, you can still find something interesting! Of course, it's just for fun. Of course, it's aimed at tourists. But the cocktails are still not bad! And anyway, the visitors are all Chinese - there…
#Beijing If you haven't been to Russia in a long time, like me, and have forgotten what it's like when the state treats people like cattle, feel free to come to Beijing! The experience of standing in queues at checkpoints under the scorching sun at +37°C…
#Beijing The southern districts of Beijing are absolutely huge, and each one could be the subject of a separate post. There are streets with food stalls, streets with cafes, streets with antique shops, and streets with tea houses. You could spend an hour…
#Beijing One of the districts that really struck a chord with me is Yangmeizhu Byway. It's a very green street with low-rise buildings, lots of small shops and cafes. At the same time, it's not overrun with tourists like the neighboring Qianmen. As they say,…
#Beijing This is roughly what premium-class housing looks like in China. The main entrance didn't make it into the shot, as there was security there and I didn't want to film them. Otherwise... It's just a beautiful residential complex with landscaping and…
#Beijing To the south of the Forbidden City lies the Qianmen commercial and tourist district. There used to be hutongs here, as I showed earlier, but much of it was demolished and transformed into a purely commercial area. However, in general, the…
#Beijing Police officers in public places, just like their own (no matter how disgusting it might be to say this). It seems that these vans don't move from their spots for months. Many of them even have a full-fledged outdoor air conditioner installed, to…
#Beijing Who really pissed me off in China were the moped riders. I haven't been to Vietnam, and apparently that was a good thing, because I've already had enough of these assholes. It pissed me off so much that it'll be one of the top reasons why I don't…
#Beijing is just extremely spread out across the plains. The distances here are really huge, and it can take an hour to walk to a neighboring district in a straight line. Moreover, you often have to walk along highways, which, let's say, doesn't add to the…
#Beijing One of the examples of the products I'm talking about. The brandy (or cognac?) "Katyusha" with an anti-aircraft installation on the engraving. It's written that it's made in Armenia. I wonder if Armenians know about it? I think not)) It's…
#Beijing Recently, "Russian" product stores have appeared in tourist destinations in China. And I'm using quotes because there's really only about... 30% of the products that are actually Russian. You'll find Alenka chocolate and Tsar's vodka there. Plus,…
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#Beijing When walking around the city, you often stumble upon such areas. They're very similar to post-Soviet ones, except that sometimes you'll spot something in Chinese. The buildings are certainly run-down, but at least the sidewalk is smooth and clean.…
#Beijing In China, retirees are quite active and love to gather together in parks or just in squares. Most often, they do various exercises and breathing exercises, but such choral singing is also popular. In one park, there are several groups of 20-40…
#Beijing The city park and the view of the Forbidden City from the hill. The weather... Well, you can judge for yourself. The amenities in the parks are very good, with trails, gazebos, and historical buildings. It was even a shame that we didn't have time…
#Beijing My love for tea dates back to the times when I lived in Moscow. It turned out that finding good tea shops around the world isn't easy - in most countries, they're simply not available. Thankfully, they do exist in China. But finding a good one is…
#Beijing The cult of Xi's personality in China In China, two figures are particularly prominent - Xi Jinping and Mao Zedong (other figures are usually not mentioned without a reason). While everything is clear with the latter (Mao is to China as Lenin is…
#Beijing was a city that grew extremely rapidly, and where there were slums yesterday, skyscrapers now stand today. But within the central ring, there are still many areas that have not been affected by gentrification. They are simply called hutongs (alley…
#Beijing The infrastructure in some places looks particularly strange, as if it had slipped into our world from 30 years ago. Well, like... Seriously, is there tile floating around amidst multi-billion-dollar offices? A dust-covered parking lot with a view…
#Beijing There's a modern business district near my home. Probably everyone who's googled photos of Beijing has seen it at least once. That said, even though it looks quite impressive, walking around it is kind of underwhelming. There's a lot of concrete,…
#Beijing I'd like to say it's a meme, but no, they've installed an animated scoreboard in the park's workout area 🤪 Now you can compete with random people in Atjumania games There's even a climbing wall! Too bad it's just for kids ((
#Beijing While walking around the city, I saw a very unusual flag. It turned out to be the North Korean embassy. It wasn't visible through the trees, but it's huge, damn it! The local security guard-like guy is already starting to hassle me about these…
#Beijing No, come on guys, have a conscience! And now you're even getting drunk over this...
#Beijing First walk around the district And you say that the mentality of Eastern Europeans is impossible to understand for anyone!
#Beijing The view from the hotel window - my respect. In many countries, you have to pay a huge amount of money for this, but China is an exception here. But of course, the AQI of 150 does its job, the picture is as dystopian as possible. From here, it can…
Unexpectedly, I'm back with new posts. After Europe, I ended up in... #Beijing! I've wanted to visit China for a long time, and now I'm finally embarking on my first full-fledged trip. The country welcomes me in the most iconic way - with smog, skyscrapers…