AT#187 - Traveling to Beijing, China with a Tour

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2009

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Joy Dupont about taking a guided tour to visit Beijing, China. Joy talks about the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Lama temple, the Temple of Heaven and the Hutong area of Beijing which still looks like old China. We talk about shopping at silk factories, cloisonné factories, jade factories and the world's largest herbal drugstore. We also talk about an area of Beijing like a Chinese Greenwich Village called "798". Regent China Tours is the tour company that Joy uses. From street food, unidentifiable food to the Bai Family Courtyard Restaurant, China is a treat for those willing to try new foods and willing to try chopsticks. Although KFC, McDonalds and Starbucks can be found we recommend the tea houses instead. Great sites, amazingly large crowds, ancient treasures and the rush of modern life. All of these are China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I got my bags back on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good
0:08.0	in my passport photo.
0:11.0	Amateur Traveler episode 187.
0:15.0	Follow your guide as today the Amateur Traveler goes to Beijing China on a guided tour. Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Before we do get
0:36.4	today's interview I have some news. The first news of course is the sad news
0:40.4	our thoughts and prayers go out to those who had family members on the Air France flight
0:45.4	447 which disappeared in the Atlantic. The second news item is also sad but not tragic and that is that Milvina Dean the last survivor
0:56.6	of the Titanic died this week at the age 97.
1:02.1	And just so we leave you on a good news item if you're a pet owner and
1:05.8	you're flying southwest you are now allowed to take with you your dog or
1:09.5	you cat on board the flight in a pet carrier they have to be a small dog or a small cat and it will be
1:14.5	$75 each way. For links to all of those news items as well as some others check out the
1:20.0	show notes at amateur traveler.com. I'd like to welcome to the show Joy DuPont
1:28.1	who has come to talk to us about Beijing.
1:31.0	Joy, welcome to the show.
1:32.4	Thank you very much, Chris. Thanks for having me. Beijing. Joy, welcome to the show.
1:33.0	Thank you very much, Chris.
1:34.0	Thanks for having me.
1:36.0	Now, we talked a little bit beforehand that there could be several places we could talk to in China.
1:41.0	You're not in China, you're in Florida.
1:43.7	What's the connection to China with you?
1:45.7	Well, it's quite a story, Chris, and it actually goes back 40 years,
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