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Hutongs: Beijing at 6am on a beautiful day! 1
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Due to just having arrived back in Beijing from a 3 week holiday back home in Gibraltar, I was a little jet lagged. I hadn't helped matters either by sleeping during the day instead if keeping awake till night time! So as the sun came up somewhere between 430 and 500am this morning and the day looked like it was going to be beautiful, I decided to go for a bike ride to one of my favourite areas in Beijing, Hou Hai. Camera in hand, I was ready!
So the next few tips are more a travelogue of Beijing from 6am to 8pm on July 21st 2006!They will be in themes, with this one being the ' hustle and bustle of morning breakfast buying!'I hope you enjoy reading and seeing the photos as much as I did seeing it first hand and experiencing a beautiful Beijing morning!
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Beijing's Parks: Beijing at 6am on a beautiful day! 2
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This theme is 'what the elderly get up to at 6am everyday!'It was funny because not once did I see a young person out and about doing exercises or just walking and talking. At 6am in Beijing, the young are asleep, whilst the older generation are out in full force having a whale of a time!!! I wish I was that energetic! Well, I probably will be for the next few days until I get back into the right sleep pattern...I wonder where I should go cycling tomorrow morning?!
I just want to add how amazing it was seeing all these things this morning. I didnt capture everything on camera but the things I saw were so much fun! For example, down by the lake, there were people playing badminton, hacky sack, stretching, playing chess, jumping up and down on the spot, putting their leg above their heads almost while leaning on a tree, almost a vertical split(!), rubbing different parts of their body to correspond with the 'qi', fishing (in a lake where fish cannot possibly taste nice!), swimming (again, in a lake where you're bound to catch some disease or another!) and singing.
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Off The Beaten Path: Beijing at 6am on a beautiful day! 3
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The third theme is 'ways people get about the city'This was an interesting one as I saw so many forms of transportation. There was of course myself and hundreds of others on their bicycles, some on battery powered motorbikes, buses, taxis, 'iron dragons' which are the little bikes with a seat on the back facing the opposite direction to take a passenger (usually see an old man driving his wife around!), tandem bikes, people being pushed in wheelchairs by their loved ones and of course walkers and joggers!
Later on in the day, it will turn to purely taxis, buses and private cars with poor bicycles not getting a look in and pedestrians frightened to cross the roads!
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Beijing's Parks: Beijing at 6am on a beautiful day! 4
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And to finish the day off, this last theme is 'sights around the lake'.I cycled for two hours in this area stopping now and then to take photos. I was amazed at how many I could get without people walking in front of them which is usually the case in every photo in China. It was peaceful, serene and beautiful. If only every day in China could be like this! And the one thing i enjoyed was the fact that there was no shouting and no hassling me into bars or shops..pure heaven!
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Hello Vickie! All the tips on your page(s) have been a great guide in my preparation to Beijing. Was hoping to meet local VTers but to-date no takers. Thanks for all the tips anyways! | Fullmoonfever Sat Mar 1, 2008 18:58 UTC
Hi Victoria, I was in china a couple weeks ago, Shanghai. Also, I am wondering which company made your mom's knee replacement since I'm in the biz. | chicogringosegundo Tue Feb 5, 2008 13:59 UTC
Sugarpuff,i have a new friend in Beijing, and was amazed to see you on the Beijing Travel page. Thanx for being "A" familiar. | xuessium Sun Aug 12, 2007 14:55 UTC
With rgd to your tourist traps tips, maybe you should write to the guidebooks and correct them accordingly for future DIY travellers, Victoria? Just a thought.... |
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