Monday, June 18, 2012

The Dragon Head Building

    Some of our clan and in the back ground is a building they call the Dragon Head building for obvious reasons.  This is within the Olympic Complex.

Traffic in Beijing

     To help deal with the 5 million private owned cars in Beijing along with the 10 million bikes they cut the traffic some what by breaking up the vehicle volume in 5 groups... those with license plates ending in 1&5, 2&6, 3&7, 4&8, and 5&9.  Each day one of these groups is not allowed to have their vehicle on the road on penalty of a $200 fine (about $32 USD) thereby reducing eligible cars on the road by 20% daily.  It didn't seem to help today!!

Lobby of Beijing Hotel

Oriental Bay International Hotel.....nice Hotel...good amenities... They call it a 5 star.. more like 4 ish!  Fantastic free breakfast buffet (American and Chinese dishes)