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Beijing, China





In July 09' I spent a week in the great city of Beijing, I stayed at the Hilton in the center of the city (Wangfujing) next to the Forbidden city and this was the best location ever!!!

Beijing huge Kilometre-square blocks make most neighbourhoods unwalkable, but the subway system make travel to central sites easy. As for the roads they carry 1,000 new vehicles each day and the traffic is unreal.... If you plan to visit Beijing you will need at least 5 full days since there is so much culture, art, food, shopping to do. A must to visit is the Forbidden City, The Bell Tower, The new National Grand Theatre, The Olympic Stadium, The great Wall of China, Houhai Lake, Hutongs neighbourhood's, Temple of Heaven. For the art lover like me you should plan to spend an afternoon in the beautiful Dashanzi Art Zone. For the Hotels selection Beijing got some of the most beautiful boutique Hotels I saw so far, the new G Hotel, The opposite house are just the new kids on the blocks and go for a drink at the bar. For Dinner you have to go to Lan club Design by Phillipe Starck, This bar/restaurant is huge and out of this world, prepare to bring a camera because the decor is pure starck on crack...

Go to Made in China for lunch for the best Duck in town and during your afternoon visit in Hutong go and relax in a Hanoi style cafe, the "No Name Bar" I got the best view of the lake and got the best lemongrass grill fish. Spend an afternoon in the famous Panjiayuan Market. this is a large out-door Bazaar filled with Chinese stuff go early in the morning. For the best view and the less crowded Great Wall experience go to Mutianyu, it's a 90 minutes ride from the Hotel, take a day tour and bring water..... the Wall is a really good workout and I think I lost 10 pounds that day... feel free to visit my beijing Photo album and if you need more info let me know.

Tokyo


I try to go to Tokyo once or twice a year on my way to Asia, I stop over for a few days and after all those stop over I became really familiar with the Japenese lifestyle. A trip to Tokyo will change your life..... ya with 35Millions of people living in that city this will change the way you see crowd. We all know Japenese love taking pictures when they travel but it is always funny to be the only one taking pictures in Tokyo... In Narita use the Limo bus to get to your hotel ($30 us) or use a cab for $250us. Tokyo is easy to get around with the super-efficient cheap subway system. My favorite location for hotels is in Shinjuku-ku an you got a good selection from the Washigton hotel, Hilton, Park Hyat etc.., it's also a good location for shopping since all the major department stores are located there (Isetan Men I LOVE). The Famous Harajuku area with the luxury Omotesando boulevard is my favorite place to spend hours looking at the stylish japenese walking by (don't forget to visit Kiddyland). Ropponji area with Joel Le Robuchon for lunch is out of this world. after a visit to the 3 museums (Mori, Suntory and The National Museum of Art)...... Visit Shibuya and Marunouchi. In Japan try MOSS (Japenese burger) and eat all the sushi you can because Tokyo got almost more Michelin Stars than France for Restaurant...... you will see after a visit to Tokyo , New York will look like it's a sleeping city.......

My last 20 trips......




Since I just started my travel blog I would like to take you back in 09". I discover some new places and I also went back to my absolutely favorite places..... I started 09 with a trip to London and Barcelona (ya for business but spent an extra few days for me), New York 14 times, San Juan Puerto Rico in April , Beijing in July with Bangkok, Tokyo and Phuket, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Vancouver in August and Singapore, Bali and back to Phuket for new years eve with my friends from Australia, Montreal, Tel Aviv. It was a pretty busy travel year for me but I really enjoy every minutes of it.

In 2010 I am planning my trip to Miami, Hong Kong, New York, Montreal, Shanghai for the Expo, Tokyo, Phuket, Buenos Aires and Rio, Lisbon and more...