Beijing's HouHai Lake area is a must!!!

Beijing! Whether you are a traveller, an ex-patriate or a student, Beijing has something for you. Wangfujing street is the most well-known street in Beijing. Foreigners and locals alike have heard of it and it is a great place to visit occasionally though the novelty wears off after a few walks through. If you are looking for a book in a Foreign language, this is the place to go, though you might have to settle for a different book than you set out for.

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WangFuJing Street
The ultimiate "shopping for tourists" area of Beijing is set...

A Suburb Skate Park
Though China is Ancient, the need for keeping up still lets Chinese youth, as...

In the subway
Beijing is equipped with a simple subway system which permits you to...

Starbucks?
A starbucks in the Oriental Plaza, one of the largest Shopping Complexes in...

HouHai Hutong
This is the HouHai area behind the lakes. The hutongs are clean,...

Around the lake
Around the lakes, you may find some random Chinese folk practicing local,...

HouHai Shops
This is one of the back-alley shops in HouHai. You will find these places in...

View from a bar
From the top of the Lotus Root the view is of Hutong rooftops. Notice the...

Lotus Root
Beautifully decorated, the HouHai area bars and restaurants are meant to feel...

After one of Beijings rare storms
Here is a glimpse of the possible beauty we can find everywhere in...

WanFuJing
Inside the Oriental Plaza on WanFuJing Road!

Traditional Calligraphy
This is actually just some Old Man (Ye-ye) Doing calligraphy with water and a...

Little Shops
This is one of those quaint, beautiful little shops you get to see around...

A view from a Bar!
Thjis is doubled, but it really is worth seeing it in a bigger version!

HouHai's Lotus Root
Accross from the Lotus Root restaurant is the Lotus Root Bar where one...

After one of Beijings rare storms
The Lotus Root, if you're there at the right time, may offer...

article published 06/18/2003

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I spend my summers in Beijing and I am home in Boston now. Your pictures brought me back to the fun that I had last summer. My wife is from Beijing and in the summer we live in a hutong right near Gulou and Hou hai. Keep up the good work!!
— Bill, March 10, 2005

hi Mike I went throug ALL YOUR PICTURES &I must say that Liu is very pretty & all of your pictures are super! Keep up the good work ****Gina
— GINA(MOM), September 4, 2003

Salut Mikey Mike !! Je suis vraiment contente que tu nous envoie des photos .... tu as l'air vraiment heureux maintenant ...disons que tu as plus de couleurs dans la face qu'avant ....j'espère que je ne me trompe pas .... envoie aussi des nouvelles .... fais attention à toi...
— Jessica, August 31, 2003

Thanks Mike for sending the photos. It takes me back a few months now. The six months Ray and I lived there is now a distant memory and it does not seem real. We are in the process of uploading our next adventure now and you should have it shortly.
— Jennie, August 24, 2003

hey Mike thanks for sending me the beautifull pictures,it looks great over there.and your baby also is very cute,keep up the good work we are very proud of what you've accomplished.see you soon.and keep sending pictures

ciao nephew Mario Massari 12/08/2003
— Mario Massari, August 12, 2003

Hi Mikey! You look great! So does your friend. Very nice pictures, as my mother said, if you're ever out of work, you have something to fall back one! Can't wait for you to get back and have you tell us all about the pictures we saw! Maybe your "baby" could come to! Keep in touch, love y'a cousin Clo.
— Claudia, August 12, 2003

Molly
Salut Mike,

Belles photos, est ce toi qui les prends?si oui tu as manqué ta vocation tu aurait du être photographe.Keep up the good work see you soon.Your favorite aunt Jojo xoxxo
— Johanne Rosetti, August 12, 2003

Beautiful sights
Hi Mike! I'm so happy that I can actually go & see where you are living & having a good time.Please send us more pictures because that way I'll have a good idea if ever I get there one day hopefully with your brother, keep up the good work!
— Gina, July 30, 2003

HouHai rules
This is a greate story, you should cover other areas of Bejing. Keep up the good writing!
— Simon Goulet, June 24, 2003

Was interested to read your account of life in Beijing! However, I could not enlarge your photos and would like to see more of the countryside, if you can post them! Imagine! A Starbucks inside the Forbidden City!! What next?!
— ellie robb, June 19, 2003

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