Heat wave started to hit Beijing from July 02. Yesterday the temperature reached over 40.03 degrees Celsius, the highest and the unprecedented in the past. Today is 39 degree Celsius. Beijing meteorological center has issued this year’s first orange-coded heat alert for today at 16:30. The high temperature will continue for a week. If you happen to…
One piece of news that catches my eyes today is about a taxi driver surnamed Zhang detained for fake meter. One passenger surnamed Wang took a taxi home. At result, he paid double the price for his frequent taxi ride from Beijing Capital Airport to home. Later he reported the case to the police station at the airport. The…
In Beijing, there are some illegal tour buses offering day tours to the Great Wall. You will have a terrible trip once you get on it. To promote their illegal tours, these sales people hand out business cards to passing-by travelers who want to go to the Great Wall tour around some big destinations like Tiananmen Square, the…
Once you are in the city of Beijing for sightseeing, you are advised not to use the taxis that are parked or outside some big tourist places. These are where the taxi scammers will wait for you! It ‘s better to walk a few blocks away, and hail a cab. There are many illegal taxis…
When you arrive at Beijing Capital Airport, just ignore anyone who is approaching to you for offering taxi service. Usually these touts charge you a ridiculous taxi rate of RMB 300-400 for the normal ride from Beijing airport to the city center of Beijing, which costs about RMB 100. Most of the black taxi drviers don’t…
Today I receive an email by a traveler named Karen. In her email, she tells me of her family’s bad experience in Beijing and hopes to have her suffering posted in my blog to warn potential travelers to avoid the same frustration. Below is what she says: ————————– Dear Daniel Li Thanks…
The month-long 2010 World Cup “destroys” my routine life. But one thing I still keep on doing is reading. I’ve been reading a 410-page novel “The Great Wall” written by John Man. He is a great storyteller as well as a historian. John Man is an expert on the Great Wall of…
Both Tripadvisor.com and Virtualtourist.com are my favorite travel review sites. If I’m going abroad, I would go on the two travel review sites to check the online information on the country I will visit – where to stay, dine; what to see and do; travel tips and tour traps, etc. Tripadvisor and Virtualtourist…