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Chinese Buffet - Part 6: Hutong Hostel & Great Wall Hike

Chinese Buffet - Part 6: Hutong Hostel & Great Wall Hike Chinese Buffet is a month-long series that chronicles the travels of an American woman who visited China for the first time in July 2007. For the last four nights of my stay in Beijing, I stayed at the Downtown Backpackers Accommodation, located smack dab in the middle ...

One for the Road - China: Restaurant Ordering Guides

One for the Road - China: Restaurant Ordering Guides As a sidebar to this month's Chinese Buffet series, throughout August, One for the Road will highlight travel guides, reference books and other recommended reads related to life or travel in China. The final two books from the True Run Media team that I'd like to mention ...

Chinese Buffet - Part 5: Hou Hai by Boat

Chinese Buffet - Part 5: Hou Hai by Boat Chinese Buffet is a month-long series that chronicles the travels of an American woman who visited China for the first time in July 2007. After meeting with the Immersion Guides staff at their offices, a few of us headed off to Hou Hai for some evening fun. The True Run ...

One for the Road - China: Unofficial Guide to the Beijing Games

One for the Road - China: Unofficial Guide to the Beijing Games As a sidebar to this month's Chinese Buffet series, throughout August, One for the Road will highlight travel guides, reference books and other recommended reads related to life or travel in China. This week we are highlighting several titles by the True Run Media team, a ...

Chinese Buffet - Part 4: Beijing's 365-Day Countdown Begins

Chinese Buffet - Part 4: Beijing's 365-Day Countdown Begins Chinese Buffet is a month-long series that chronicles the travels of an American woman who visited China for the first time in July 2007. (Olympic neon glows from a hutong shop window.) In a few hours, the city of Beijing will kick off it's official one-year till the ...

Chinese Buffet - Part 3: Truly Immersed in Beijing

Chinese Buffet - Part 3: Truly Immersed in Beijing Chinese Buffet is a month-long series that chronicles the travels of an American woman who visited China for the first time in July 2007. (Immersion Guides Staff, L to R: Reid Barrett, Gabriel Monroe, Shelley Jiang, Jackie Yu and summer interns from Stanford - Amy Xue ...

One for the Road - China: Insider's Guide to Beijing

One for the Road - China: Insider's Guide to Beijing As a sidebar to this month's Chinese Buffet series, throughout August, One for the Road will highlight travel guides, reference books and other recommended reads related to life or travel in China. I know most travelers don't want to be weighed down with heavy books while ...

One for the Road - China: Top 10 Beijing

One for the Road - China: Top 10 Beijing As a sidebar to this month's Chinese Buffet series, throughout August, One for the Road will highlight travel guides, reference books and other recommended reads related to life or travel in China. One of guides I used frequently during my week in the 'jing was DK ...

Chinese Buffet - Part 2: One Week in the 'Jing

Chinese Buffet - Part 2: One Week in the 'Jing Chinese Buffet is a month-long series that chronicles the travels of an American woman who visited China for the first time in July 2007. Although I planned to spend the majority of my time in China visiting with friends in Shanghai, it turned out that I tackled Beijing ...

One for the Road - China: Oracle Bones

One for the Road - China: Oracle Bones As a sidebar to this month's Chinese Buffet series, throughout August, One for the Road will highlight travel guides, reference books and other recommended reads related to life or travel in China. The one book I knew I had to read before I left for China was Oracle Bones: A ...

Chinese Buffet - Part 1: An Empty Plate

Chinese Buffet - Part 1: An Empty Plate During three weeks in July, I visited China, and Asia, for the very first time. And today marks the start of a new series here at Gadling in which I'll share observations and travel tips from this recent trip to the People's Republic of China. When I left the U.S., my ...

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