Beijing
Airport
Airport tax is no longer necessary from Sep 1 2004 at Beijing.
food
- In Airplane(JAL)
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- a Shanghai Restaurant
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Rabbit meat
Pigeon meat
These two are my energy source! :-)
Other food
- another Shanghai Restaurant
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- Yu-ling-dao (Korean Restaurant)
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Dol-seok-bi-bim-bab
Bo-shin-tang
- a Chinese Restaurant (Shuang-Cun Yuan)
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"Monglian King", a very strong alcohol(59%)!
- xing-xin fan-dien
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- Da-zhai-men
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- Ago
- A Japanese restaurant in the 1st floor of our building.
- Shiki-tei
- a Japanese restaurant
- A gorgeous restaurant
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my favorite junk foods:-)
- Xiang-Cui-Jiao
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Literally means "very spicy plant". Actually a red-pepper flavored with sesami and peanut. (similar to "tongrapi" in Japan).
- Qiao-Chu-Niang
- Literally means "skillful female cooker". This is yet another red-pepper flavored with sesami and peanut (Precicely speaking, "Qiao-Chu-Niang" is a brand-name of a series of spices, not a name of this product).
- Yorgurt with corn flavor:-)
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Others
- Internet Kiosk at street
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- CERNET
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- Peculiar Japanese...
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Chinese people seem to like a Japanese hiragana "no". (they say it's cute)
- Sheraton Great Wall Beijing
- As broadband Internet connectivity service is not available in my room, I switched to Hilton Beijing. (Sheraton provides broadband Internet connectivity service, but not in every room, whereas in Hilton it's available in every room)
- Hilton Beijing
- Internet connectivity is provided in every room!
- a Chinese Mobile Phone from Hong-Kong
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It also works as an MP3 player, Digital Camera, and a Movie Player (and a game player:-)). (Here's a demo).
Transportation
I tried a shuttle bus to go back to the international airport from San-yuan-qiao. It cost me 16-yuan, quite cheap compared to taxi (about 100-yuan!).
How to ride on a shuttle bus from San-yuan-qiao
- just go to the ticket counter near Jin-xin Building (China Min-sheng bank) beside Hilton Beijing (a small stall with a yellow sign board). You can make a reservation through phone if you can speak chinese, but it's normally unnecessary.
- pay the fee at the counter.
- ride on shuttle bus, and show your ticket to the driver.
- you'll reach Beijing International Airport in 20-30 minutes.
Caution:
- Bus is available from 6:10 to 19:40 everyday, in 15 minutes interval. But the bus may arrive a little bit earlier, so you should reach the bus stop around 5-10 minutes before the departure time.
- You cannot install your baggage in the bus trunk, since it does not open in the intermediate bus stop. So you shouldn't use this shuttle when you carries a heavy suitcase. (Of course, you can use the trunk at the terminal station)