Today I woke up especially early because I wanted to beat the tourist crowds and I wanted to fit in as many sightseeing as possible. I will be doing the Beijing quenessentials which includes – Tian’an Men Square Forbidden City and The Imperial Garden (Bei Hai Park) Temple of Heaven (Tiantan) Summer Palace (Yiheyuan) I [...]

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After several days of work I finally managed to find time to do some sightseeing. The Great Wall of China  Today my plan is to climb The Great Wall of China. The hotel arranged a driver to take me. The first Great Wall was built in the 7th century BC by the Chinese Emperor of Qin [...]

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The moment I landed in Beijing, I jumped into a cab and wanted to head straight to my hotel. Unfortunately none of the taxi drivers speak or read any english, durrrhh I was in China afterall, let that be a lesson to all of you. Anyways after 15 minutes of blurting out all the little mandarin [...]

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I just came back from a week of business trip in China (Beijing). I took the opportunity to extend the trip for personal travel on the side. Despite having visited China (Beijing and Shanghai) in mid late 90s (prior to the Beijing Olympic), I enjoyed my trip immensely. China is full of history and the combination of [...]

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I was in Perth last week for a couple of days for work. As it turns out one of my customer had just purchased a 40 footer boat. He invited me and my work mate to join them for a day trip to Rottnest Island. I happily accepted his offer I love visiting Perth. The [...]

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Lakshmi (BYO) Ph: +61 (0) 3 9349 5525 687 Rathdowne St Carlton North – VIC 3054 Summer is finally here. A constant week of 30+ degree days screams for curry. My favourite Indian curry place in Melbourne is Lakshmi. It is not exactly located right in the city but close enough (approximately 3 km off Melbourne [...]

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