A Smoggy Day in Beijing

Posted on March 15, 2008
Filed Under Holidays and Travel, Usual Rants | 7 Comments

We’ve been in Beijing last weekend and here are a few photos taken there.

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The Forbidden City

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The White Pagoda

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The Nest

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The Bell Tower

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A Park

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A View from The Bell Tower

I cannot remember how many times I’ve been in Beijing but this is by far the worst weather condition I’ve seen there. The sun was shining brightly and the temperature was relatively warm for Spring but boy, it was so smoggy! As you can see in the pictures, the air is much polluted. Everything which is 10 meters away is hazy.

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This picture is taken from a short distance. ;-)

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7 Responses to “A Smoggy Day in Beijing”

  1. The Nest in Beijing « My Take on Things on March 15th, 2008 4:34 pm

    [...] As promised, some pictures from our trip in Beijing last weekend are finally posted but unfortunately, I didn’t post them here. They’re in my other blog. If you want to see the pictures, you may click here. [...]

  2. jessie on March 15th, 2008 5:57 pm

    Vienna,

    I’ve always wanted to go to China esp to the Forbidden City. Pero up to now wla pa kasing pera. Hahahaha!

  3. Vienna Lopez » Before Going to China on March 18th, 2008 10:34 am

    [...] them. I got sick for a few days too so that made it more difficult. It must have been the terrible smog in Beijing that gave me a terrible nasal and throat [...]

  4. Norm on March 19th, 2008 11:17 am

    wow! ganda ng place kailan pa kaya ako makapunta dyan, thanks for the visit sis and happy trip…

  5. Davao Wordpresser on March 20th, 2008 12:28 am

    Wow,

    Great adjustments with great experience. It’s nice to see places in your blog. Parang andun narin kami:)

  6. Traveling and Blogging Plans |My Pink Notes on March 25th, 2008 12:32 pm

    [...] agreed that we had enough of Beijing so for the first weekend of April, we will go somewhere else. We only have a few months left to [...]

  7. Angel » Blog Archive » Shopping Here on March 27th, 2008 11:15 am

    [...] The last time we went to Beijing, I found this pair of nice black skinny jeans which I think is perfect to pair up with some blouses I already own. I bought it but not without haggling first. Salesperson in Beijing’s famous silk market can be a crazy sometimes. Imagine, the initial price given to for the jeans is 1000RMB (100EU). The pair of jeans is nice alright but that’s a crazy price. Living in this country for two years and a half taught me about the real prices of thing are here and for sure that this particular pair of jeans will not cost more than a hundred RMB (10EU). The salesperson and I was haggling hard but I pretended to leave so she agreed to my price. I got the jeans for 80RMB. [...]

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