Published in Travellady online Magazine
Tiananmen Square
A fascinating medley of ancient sites and cosmopolitan delights flooded our senses in Beijing, China’s capital of nearly 15 million people.
On our first stroll down Wangfujing Dajie, the prestigious pedestrian shopping street, my husband Rick and I were hooked. In an explosion of neon and glitz we intermingled with young [...]
Our love affair with Beijing started with our first walk, of many, down Wangfujing Dajie, Beijing’s prestigious shopping street. Swept into an explosion of neon and glitzy store fronts, we know this is not a true representation of typical Chinese living standards, with young women in fashionably scant outfits, men in expensive business suits, and [...]
Looking around us we breathe deeply to still our exhilarated heartbeat at the realization of a life-long travel dream – we are standing on the Great Wall of China.
