Discovery of Hong Kong
Beijing is definitely not a disabled friendly city… of course visiting some towers is not what are expected from you if you have a broken bone and move with crutches… I also understand that! However as we decided not to do the Great Wall as it was impossible...
In the Chinese culture, Heaven is round while Earth is square. The architecture of this temple is simply amazing, well more defined than the Forbidden City if you want my personal opinion and with so many powerful colors! The perfect place to start doing...
The temple of heaven is situated inside a park of central Beijing. Emperors were coming to this temple for annual prayers to Heaven for good harvest and for ceremonial sacrifices to Earth and Heaven. It is the largest sacrifice complex in the world and...
Today the palace has more than 8700 rooms, 980 different buildings and 4 gates on each side. The whole palace is arranged in symmetry along a central axis. You will need more than a day if you wish to visit each single courtyards and rooms but after few...
Nowadays, we will need to introduce the Forbidden City!! Sadly, I would say that Chinese history is not a big part of our cultural knowledge... So here you come! Situated in the heart of Beijing, it was the Chinese imperial palace to the Ming and Qing...
The Tiananmen Square is one of the biggest city square in the world! Maybe it is something you won’t realize it if you are visiting Beijing without crutches… I can tell you it is huge and it took me only a bit less than 1 hour to get from one side to...
The 798 art zone is a new trendy space hosting various art exhibitions. Just a small advice, visiting Beijing with crutches in not exactly the best as the city is huge and the 798 space won’t be the exception… The dedicated area is around 1000 square...
A long Easter week end at the beginning of April and we decided to rest and take few days off to discover Beijing. Still with my beautiful cast, a lot of option vanished for us as I couldn’t walk for too long without being exhausted. We chose Beijing...