We landed in Beijing in the early morning and somehow got through immigration (the airline had to arrange a 24-hour visa for us). We were then put on a shuttle bus to a nearby hotel. Arriving at the hotel, we did not have any vouchers from the airline, so check in was quite slow. We then got some instructions regarding the breakfast, lunch and dinner and went to our rooms to book flights from Europe back home. We then had a quick breakfast, went to sleep for a co...

After our very first flight with Hainan Airlines (on business class), we reached Beijing airport in the early morning and lounged in a pathetic lounge before our connecting flight to Hong Kong on Hong Kong Airlines.

Woke up to another misty morning, with a rather low 19 degrees outside. Had a great last breakfast, got the bill sorted out, confirmed a late check out (the hotel has very kindly extended our check out time to 18:00, which is VERY unusual). Going to do some packing and later try to go for a short trip downtown, to really say goodbye to China. Last evening, when we returned to our room, we found a gift from the hotel - 2 gold cufflinks, which will look very nice o...

Last night, we saw the forcast for today and it said 19 degrees with some rain showers. However, this morning, we woke up into a cloudy Beijing sky, but no rain. Oh, yeah, it sure was chilly. :) Firstly, we went to see the Natural history museum in southern Beijing, which is a nice little public museum, showing some great items such as dinasors bones, other extinct animals and even a semi grotesque exhibition about the human body, that actually include preserves ...

Woke up after a lovely sleep, went for a Club breakfast and drinks, had a little accident in the shower - don't worry - nothing serious. :) Later we went to an area called 789 street (or something similar), which is a place where a lot of frustrated artists built they galleries. We visited numerous galleries and watched grotesque pictures and statues, but, of course, didn't buy a thing, as can be expected. :) After that we went to the Silk market, which is the fa...