Aug 10th, 2007 at 8:21AM: 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 of the Nanluogu Xiang hutong in the Dong Cheng district. As I walked down the alley towards the hostel, sweaty from lugging ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Chinese Buffet - Part 6: Hutong Hostel & Great Wall Hike
Aug 10th, 2007 at 8:21AM: 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 of the Nanluogu Xiang hutong in the Dong Cheng district. As I walked down the alley towards the hostel, sweaty from lugging ...Photo of the Day (5/16/07)
May 16th, 2007 at 10:07PM: Here is a shot that wins my vote as it does not scream location. I'm guessing it's the photographer's secret hideout in Asia somewhere similar to Batman's bat cave except there are beautiful sunflowers on the exterior and only a bicycle to go out and catch evil villains. Or maybe flyingtiger uses the bike only to check out a current movie playing or to go on a photo safari in Hutong. ...A Canadian in Beijing: Hutongs & Mopeds
Apr 26th, 2007 at 2:06AM:
Beijing is famous for its hutongs. A hutong is the Mandarin word for "alley" and, at one time, most of the city was made of these narrow streets that housed residences and businesses alike. These days, there are many wide streets that have replaced them, but there is a movement to preserve the hutongs (rather than knocking them down and replacing them with more modern apartment complexes.) ...
