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Langkawi – My China/Malaysia Experience 24
Langkawi, the island of dreams When I flew in to Langkawi, it was rainy and cloudy, but when we started to descend through the clouds, I got an amazing view of the island. It looked like the island in the old King Kong movie. The sea was grey and the island was...
Discover Kuala Lumpur – My China/Malaysia Experience 23
Discover Kuala Lumpur After I finally found a nice backpack in Beijing, I finally boarded the plane to discover Kuala Lumpur or KL as the Malay say, on Saturday afternoon. After a six hour flight with Air China, I arrived at 11:30 PM in KL, went through...
Backpack Odyssey – My China Experience 22
Backpack Odyssey Due to the strange regulations of my visa, I can only stay in China for 60 days at a time. As I will be in China 60 days on November 5, 2007, I have to leave the country before or on this date. Foreign expats with the same kind of problems...
Fragrant Hills – My China Experience 21
Fall Colors at Fragrant Hills in Beijing On Sunday, the weather was absolutely gorgeous, and Sabrina and I decided to postpone our tour through the Hutongs for two reasons: First, we could do that on a rainy day as well, and second, her friend, a German-speaking tour...
Bell and Drum Tower – My China Experience 20
Bell and Drum Tower Visa Trouble Another week at work passed much too quickly, and time is flying by. I cannot imagine that I have been here for almost 2 months already. This weekend, I went to the Bell and Drum Tower, and also found out some exciting news about my...
Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall – My China Experience 19
Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall I had visited all the major sights of Beijing on a previous visit, but all of them in 2 days, so yes, I can say I have been at the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Ming Tombs, and the Summer Palace, but have I seen...
Farewell Nir – My China Experience 18
Tuesday was Nir's last day in China, so he had to go find some nice souvenirs for his friends and family. While I was at work, he went to the Silk market and one last time to Tiananmen Square. He was supposed to come to my office at 5.30 PM so we could go...
Exploring Beijing Acrobatic Show – My China Experience 17
Beijing Acrobatic Show Today, I had to go back to work, so Nir went off on his own to see the Great Wall at Badaling and later, saw the Beijing Acrobatic Show - finally. I would have loved to go with him, even though I did not like Badaling very much the first...
Exploring Beijing Summer Palace – My China Experience 16
Beijing Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven & Beijing Duck Exploring Beijing Summer Palace The next day, we went to the Beijing Summer Palace and actually planned to get there very early, but traffic was so bad that it took us almost 1 ½ hours to get...
Exploring Beijing – My China Experience 15
Exploring Beijing - Forbidden City & Hou Hai Lake Exploring Beijing - Forbidden City On Saturday morning Nir, one of the Israelis I met in Chengdu flew in from Xi’an and I met him at IKEA. It was really nice to see him again. Nir planned to stay...