Monthly Archives: October 2006

Current Airline Deals – Flights and Vacations

With the rapidly approaching Christmas, New Year, and Chinese Lunar New Year holidays, Here are some pointers to current airline deals: China to Europe: * SAS airline has a deal for flying to Europe starting at RMB5100 with upgraded economy … Continue reading

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Airline Offers — How to pick up more frequent flyer miles

For all of you who travel on a wide range of airlines – both Asian and North American based ones — here are some pointers to current deals: American Airlines: * Up to 10K bonus miles on travel between Chicago … Continue reading

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The Silk Street Market – Beijing

Many foreign visitors to Beijing end up visiting a market during their stay in Beijing. The Silk Street Market (XiuShui) is probably one of the most visited places to bargain in Beijing. Why…? Well, because of its location — if … Continue reading

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Beijing 1987-1988

Earlier today I was looking through some old photos from the days I first came to Beijing. It was the Fall of 1987 – I was just starting college when the opportunity to study in China opened up and I … Continue reading

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Travel to Sanya (part2)

Sanya is a good place to relax and enjoy the time off from work, get a tan, enjoy some good seafood and potentially do some nature walks and site seeing. After we spent 3 days in the hotel and at … Continue reading

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Deals on travel within China

So you are thinking about traveling to and within China…Often you would plan your trip from lets say the States to a main city in China (e.g. Beijing) with continuation air tickets to other destinations you may plan to visit. … Continue reading

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Saturday Morning In Beijing

Every so often visitors coming to Beijing ask me what are some of the different and interesting things to do once you have seen many of the sites in this big city…All of us who have spent significant amount of … Continue reading

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