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Pekin - Beijing

by elpariente - last update: Mar 26, 2008

Pekin y China siempre nos sonó como algo casi imposible , que estaba a parte de lejísimos , más en el mundo de los sueños y en nuestros juegos de niños , como cuando pensábamos que como los Chinos estaban en nuestras antípodas , podríamos con mucha paciencia hacer un agujero muy grande que acabara en China o cuando en los años sesenta leíamos el Libro Rojo de Mao o las aventuras de Fu Man Chu y sus incursiones en los fumaderos de opio y pensábamos que los chinos tenían coleta y que todos sabían pelear como el "pequeño saltamontes "
Pero en esta vida llega un momento en que por fín puedes conocer la China y Pekin , aunque sea ahora Beijing y tienes que cambiar todos tus esquemas mentales para adaptarte a esta nueva realidad de una capital moderna , con chinos ejecutivos y otros formando los grandes grupos de turistas que siguen la bandera del guía y escuchan su estruendoso altavoz , con unas magnitudes y dimensiones a las que no estás acostumbrado , sus grandes edificios...
Decidimos quedarnos en un hotel en un Huton , en vez de ir a uno en un gran edificio y creo que fue un acierto . Desde allí nos movimos en metro, autobús , taxi y caminando por todas partes , descubriendo sitios que nos gustaron e impresionaron , todos con algo muy especial para nosotros que teníamos aquí nuestro primer contacto con China
Beijing and China always sounded us like something that was almost impossible and very faraway to part , more in the world of dreams and our children's games, such as when we thought that as the Chinese were in our antipodes, with a lot of patience we could make a great hole that end up in China or in the sixties when we read the Mao Red Book or the Fu Man Chu adventures and his raids into the opium smoking places and we thought that the Chinese had pig-tale and that they should fight as the "small grasshopper "
But in life there comes a moment when you finnally know China and Pekin , even now is Beijing and youhave to change all your mental squeme to adapt it to this new reality of a modern capital city, with Chinese executives and others forming large groups of tourists who follow the flag of the guide and hear his estrendous loudspeaker, with a magnitudes and dimensions to which you are not used, their large buildings ...
We decided to stay in a hotel in a Huton, instead of going to one in a large building and I think that was a wise move. From there we moved on metro, bus, taxi and walk everywhere, discovering sites that we liked and impressed all with something very special for us because here we had our first contact with China

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Comments for elpariente about Beijing
hunterV Fri Mar 21, 2008 18:43 UTC
 Gracias! Good page about your trip!
Almendrita Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:23 UTC
 al rico patito

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