Comments on: Snap Judgement – 24 Hours in Beijing

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:01:46 +0000

Oh, wait until you read our most recent post.

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:35:40 +0000

There are a lot of reasons I’d like to go to China someday, but a lot of reasons I hesitate as well, most of which you’ve mentioned here. I got a sinus infection (I’m prone to them anyway) from all the smog and pollution in Hanoi last year, so I can only imagine this was worse. I am very interested to try real Chinese food though. Oh, and the shitting on the road stuff, that’s insane. I’ve heard it so many times from people who have been there, but I think I’d still be horrified to see it in person.

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:46:50 +0000

Did you tour the skyscrapers?

By: Abby

Abby — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:27:08 +0000

Yes, China is wild like that. I’m so glad you like the food. Can’t wait to hear more! I’ve been to Shanghai, and my brother lives a few hours north of Hong Kong, but I’ve never been to Beijing.

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:12:13 +0000

So far, just kids. But that insanity has been eclipsed by seeing chickens killed/sold on the street.

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:01:51 +0000

We were waiting for a comment like this. Coming from Seattle – one of the greenest cities in the world – we’ve had to admit to ourselves that we may be overly harshly assessing the smog.

Having said that, reports don’t support your “nowhere near as bad as it’s made out to be” claim either. We just learned that the government run media is just now starting to report that the “fog” (as it’s been reported) is actually smog. Free press anyone?

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:53:58 +0000

The nice hotels here are nice nice. It's been a big surprise to see.

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:49:06 +0000

Thanks, Ian – we’ve been all over the map so far. Lots of great (mostly food!) with some horrible tossed in (watch for details in future posts!).

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:13:57 +0000

Takes me back a bit. My first few hours in Beijing were frantic. Straight from the airport to Beijing West train station to catch my group and training as a tour leader. Have never looked back.

Enjoy your trip

By: Arti

Arti — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:07:27 +0000

Thats a crisp post!! The hotel room looks beautiful. But the view from the window is so much like India!!

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:22:46 +0000

You picked a good time to come – it’s Mid-Autumn festival this week so the city is half empty.

fwiw: I’ve lived in Beijing for two years now and the pollution is nowhere near as bad as it’s made out to be – as long as there’s a slight breeze there are often clear blue skies anywhere beyond the second ring road.

By: Tom @ Waegook Tom

Tom @ Waegook Tom — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:49:39 +0000

I bet the hutong is going to be an interesting experience – looking forward to reading about that! The food sounds amazing. My partner went to Beijing earlier in the year, and adored the food there – although he had the exact same complaints about the smog.

I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed for firmer tofu for the two of you as well.

By: ANGLO/Dale

ANGLO/Dale — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:24:00 +0000

Or should that be ‘doing as the Roman’s do-do’?

By: ANGLO/Dale

ANGLO/Dale — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:19:51 +0000

People pooping in the road?

Come on guys, whatever happened to ‘doing as the Romans do’?

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:49:15 +0000

We’d love to hear more about your thoughts.

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:47:43 +0000

Contradictions abound. We’ve learned so much already.

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:53:10 +0000

You can count on it!

By: Lillie

Lillie — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:05:40 +0000

I’ll be very curious to hear more about your impressions of China! I’ve been twice in a year, the second time with 42 Boston students, so if you have a moment, check out and comment on any of their resulting articles: http://www.aroundtheworldl.com/category/learning/student-travel-stories/ !

By: Stephanie - The Travel Chica

Stephanie - The Travel Chica — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:18:49 +0000

Well, that’s the first I’ve heard about people shitting on the street in Beijing. Keep the observations coming

By: Victor Travel

Victor Travel — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:39:26 +0000

Hm… very controversially. I think I don’t want to visit Chine right now. The world has so many wonderful places to see without Chine.